diff --git a/debian/bin/restart.sh b/debian/bin/restart.sh
index 9b64b6d728..34fce06708 100755
--- a/debian/bin/restart.sh
+++ b/debian/bin/restart.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ cmd="$( get_service_command )"
 echo "Detected service control platform '$cmd'; using it to restart Jellyfin..."
 case $cmd in
     'systemctl')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo $( which systemctl ) restart jellyfin" | at now 
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo $( which systemctl ) start jellyfin" | at now 
         ;;
     'service')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo $( which service ) jellyfin restart" | at now 
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo $( which service ) jellyfin start" | at now 
         ;;
     'sysv')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/jellyfin restart" | at now 
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/jellyfin start" | at now 
         ;;
 esac
 exit 0
diff --git a/fedora/jellyfin.spec b/fedora/jellyfin.spec
index 4f4a301876..0ab1e410a4 100644
--- a/fedora/jellyfin.spec
+++ b/fedora/jellyfin.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Jellyfin is a free software media system that puts you in control of managing an
 Summary:        The Free Software Media System Server backend
 Requires(pre):  shadow-utils
 Requires:       ffmpeg
-Requires:       libcurl, fontconfig, freetype, openssl, glibc libicu
+Requires:       libcurl, fontconfig, freetype, openssl, glibc, libicu, at
 
 %description server
 The Jellyfin media server backend.
diff --git a/fedora/restart.sh b/fedora/restart.sh
index 9e53efecd0..34fce06708 100755
--- a/fedora/restart.sh
+++ b/fedora/restart.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ cmd="$( get_service_command )"
 echo "Detected service control platform '$cmd'; using it to restart Jellyfin..."
 case $cmd in
     'systemctl')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo $( which systemctl ) restart jellyfin" | at now
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo $( which systemctl ) start jellyfin" | at now 
         ;;
     'service')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo $( which service ) jellyfin restart" | at now
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo $( which service ) jellyfin start" | at now 
         ;;
     'sysv')
-        echo "sleep 2; /usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/jellyfin restart" | at now
+        echo "sleep 0.5; /usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/jellyfin start" | at now 
         ;;
 esac
 exit 0