diff --git a/dashboard/scripts/restart.sh b/dashboard/scripts/restart.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d254107..5aa4208
--- a/dashboard/scripts/restart.sh
+++ b/dashboard/scripts/restart.sh
@@ -97,4 +97,5 @@
 
 # Start the webservice that allows us to ping ELK and
 # dump data to the ELK service
+sudo kill $(ps aux | grep '[t]wistd' | awk '{print $2}')
 sudo -E twistd -y /vagrant/twisted_app.py &