diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
index ac864dc..e6cba45 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ end
 
 bash 'build_btcpay' do
   cwd node['btcpay']['source_dir']
-  code './build.sh'
+  code <<-EOH
+    systemctl stop btcpayserver.service
+    ./build.sh
+  EOH
   action :nothing
   notifies :restart, "systemd_unit[btcpayserver.service]", :delayed
 end