diff --git a/src/addons.js b/src/addons.js
index 2f877a090..bd0af47ef 100644
--- a/src/addons.js
+++ b/src/addons.js
@@ -269,17 +269,14 @@ function restartContainer(name, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof name, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    docker.stopContainer(name, function (error) {
+    docker.restartContainer(name, function (error) {
+        if (error && error.reason === BoxError.NOT_FOUND) {
+            callback(null); // callback early since rebuilding takes long
+            return rebuildService(name, function (error) { if (error) console.error(`Unable to rebuild service ${name}`, error); });
+        }
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
-        docker.startContainer(name, function (error) {
-            if (error && error.reason === BoxError.NOT_FOUND) {
-                callback(null); // callback early since rebuilding takes long
-                return rebuildService(name, function (error) { if (error) console.error(`Unable to rebuild service ${name}`, error); });
-            }
-
-            callback(error);
-        });
+        callback(error);
     });
 }