diff --git a/setup/start.sh b/setup/start.sh
index e8f3dca7c..6ba85ee83 100755
--- a/setup/start.sh
+++ b/setup/start.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ sed -e "s/^WatchdogSec=.*$/WatchdogSec=3min/" \
 usermod -a -G systemd-journal yellowtent
 mkdir -p /var/log/journal  # in some images, this directory is not created making system log to /run/systemd instead
 chown root:systemd-journal /var/log/journal
+systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl restart systemd-journald
 setfacl -n -m u:yellowtent:r /var/log/journal/*/system.journal