diff --git a/sys/restart_unix.go b/sys/restart_unix.go
index 00ebf1aa..b198f48e 100644
--- a/sys/restart_unix.go
+++ b/sys/restart_unix.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewRestarter() *UnixRestarter {
 func (r *UnixRestarter) Restart(executableName string) error {
 	scriptContent := "#!/bin/sh\n" +
 		"sleep 1\n" + // Sleep for a bit to allow the main application to exit
-		"." + executableName + "\n"
+		"exec " + executableName + "\n"
 
 	scriptName := "restart.sh"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(scriptName, []byte(scriptContent), 0755); err != nil {