diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 	chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/lib/nobody
 	echo "Setting permissions for /var/lib/nobody/.mcbotrc to 600"
 	chmod 600 /var/lib/nobody/.mcbotrc
-	echo "ENTER /etc/init.d/mcbot start after editing .mcbotrc"
+	echo "ENTER /etc/init.d/mcbot restart after editing .mcbotrc"
+	/etc/init.d/mcbot restart
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)