diff --git a/roles/monit/handlers/main.yml b/roles/monit/handlers/main.yml
index c2e5c78..75d6a4b 100644
--- a/roles/monit/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/monit/handlers/main.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,4 @@
   - name: restart monit
     service:
       name: "monit"
-      state: "{{ item }}"
-    loop:
-    - stopped
-    - started
-    listen: "reconfigure monit"
+      state: "restarted"
diff --git a/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
index db34c72..a685b8a 100644
--- a/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/monit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         group: root
         mode: 0644
       notify:
-        - reconfigure monit
+        - restart monit
       tags:
         - monit-config
     - name: Setup filesystem monitoring
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       loop:
         "{{ monit_filesystems }}"
       notify:
-        - reconfigure monit
+        - restart monit
       tags:
         - monit-config
         - monit-filesystems
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         group: root
         mode: 0644
       notify:
-        - reconfigure monit
+        - restart monit
       tags:
         - monit-config
         - monit-fim