diff --git a/setup/container.sh b/setup/container.sh
index 2091b8f97..2687a514c 100755
--- a/setup/container.sh
+++ b/setup/container.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ cp "${container_files}/sudoers" /etc/sudoers.d/yellowtent
 ########## collectd
 rm -rf /etc/collectd
 ln -sfF "${DATA_DIR}/collectd" /etc/collectd
-service collectd restart
 
 ########## nginx
 # link nginx config to system config
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ ln -s "${DATA_DIR}/nginx" /etc/nginx
 
 ########## mysql
 cp "${container_files}/mysql.cnf" /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
-service mysql restart
 
 ########## Enable services
 update-rc.d -f collectd defaults
diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index 90e5b7485..909cba975 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ echo "{ \"version\": \"${arg_version}\", \"boxVersionsUrl\": \"${arg_box_version
 echo "Cleaning up snapshots"
 find "${DATA_DIR}/snapshots" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | xargs --no-run-if-empty btrfs subvolume delete
 
+# restart mysql to make sure it has latest config
+service mysql restart
+
 readonly mysql_root_password="password"
 mysqladmin -u root -ppassword password password # reset default root password
 mysql -u root -p${mysql_root_password} -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS box'