diff --git a/src/scripts/addmount.sh b/src/scripts/addmount.sh
index 7e89e15ac..82e933c91 100755
--- a/src/scripts/addmount.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/addmount.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ mount_filename=$(systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "$where")
 
 echo "$mount_file_contents" > "/etc/systemd/system/${mount_filename}"
 
+systemctl stop "${mount_filename}" || true
 systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable --no-block --now "${mount_filename}" || true
diff --git a/src/volumes.js b/src/volumes.js
index 60d90da3c..656ad8257 100644
--- a/src/volumes.js
+++ b/src/volumes.js
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ async function getStatus(volume) {
         output = safe.child_process.execSync(`journalctl -u $(systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount ${volume.hostPath}) -n 10 --no-pager -o cat`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
 
         if (output) {
-            const lines = output.split('\n').reverse();
-            const idx = lines.findIndex(l => l.includes('process exited'));
-            if (idx > 0) message = lines[idx-1]; // the line before probably has the error
+            const rlines = output.split('\n').reverse();
+            const idx = rlines.findIndex(l => l.startsWith('mount ') || l.startsWith('mount.'));
+            if (idx !== -1) message = rlines[idx];
         }
         if (!message) message = `Could not determine failure reason: ${safe.error.message}`;
     } else {