diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index b18e9be2..02ee929d 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace :deploy do
        end
        execute :chown, "-R www-data:www-data", release_path
        execute :chown, "-R www-data:www-data", release_path.join('public/assets/')
-       run "kill -9 $(lsof -i:9022 -t); true" # kill counters, will reboot itself
+       execute :kill, capture("lsof -i:9022 -t") # kill counters, will reboot itself
        execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
     end
   end