diff --git a/scripts/restart_services.sh b/scripts/restart_services.sh
index ad4e9f3..0516c70 100755
--- a/scripts/restart_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/restart_services.sh
@@ -4,23 +4,48 @@ source /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 set -x
 my_dir=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/scripts
 
+
 sudo systemctl stop birdnet_server.service
-sudo pkill server.py
 sudo systemctl stop birdnet_recording.service
+
 services=(web_terminal.service
-spectrogram_viewer.service
-livestream.service
-icecast2.service
-extraction.service
-chart_viewer.service
-birdnet_recording.service
-birdnet_log.service)
+  spectrogram_viewer.service
+  livestream.service
+  icecast2.service
+  extraction.service
+  chart_viewer.service
+  birdnet_recording.service
+  birdnet_log.service)
 
 for i in  "${services[@]}";do
-sudo systemctl restart "${i}"
+  sudo systemctl restart "${i}"
 done
-until grep 5050 <(netstat -tulpn 2>&1);do
-sudo systemctl restart birdnet_server.service
-sleep 45
+
+sudo systemctl start birdnet_server.service
+sleep 5
+
+for i in {1..5}; do
+  # We want to loop here (5*5seconds) until the server is running and listening on its port
+  systemctl is-active --quiet birdnet_server.service \
+	  && grep 5050 <(netstat -tulpn 2>&1) \
+	  && logger "[$0] birdnet_server.service is running" \
+	  && break
+
+  sleep 5
 done
+
+# Let's check a final time to ensure the server is running
+systemctl is-active --quiet birdnet_server.service && grep 5050 <(netstat -tulpn 2>&1)
+status=$?
+
+if (( status != 0 )); then
+  logger "[$0] Unable to start birdnet_server.service... Looping until it start properly"
+
+  until grep 5050 <(netstat -tulpn 2>&1);do
+    sudo systemctl restart birdnet_server.service
+    sleep 45
+  done
+fi
+
+# Finally start the birdnet_analysis.service
 sudo systemctl restart birdnet_analysis.service
diff --git a/scripts/server.py b/scripts/server.py
index 8c681b5..c73b0fa 100755
--- a/scripts/server.py
+++ b/scripts/server.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ FORMAT = 'utf-8'
 DISCONNECT_MESSAGE = "!DISCONNECT"
 
 server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+
 try:
     server.bind(ADDR)
 except BaseException:
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 612ee4d..7c13581 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -71,4 +71,6 @@ then
   unzip $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/model/labels_l18n.zip labels_en.txt \
     -d $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/model
   mv $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/model/labels_en.txt $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/model/labels.txt
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload