diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
index cb7a791..d43f5ce 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-ejabberd/recipes/default.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ template "/opt/ejabberd/conf/ejabberd.yml" do
   mode      0640
   sensitive true
   variables pgsql_password: "super_secret"
+  notifies :run, "execute[ejabberdctl reload_config]", :delayed
+end
+
+execute "ejabberdctl reload_config" do
+  command "/opt/ejabberd-18.12.1/bin/ejabberdctl reload_config"
+  action :nothing
 end
 
 file "/etc/init.d/ejabberd" do