diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index df8225ab..bbef74ed 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ versionFunc() {
 
 reloadDNS() {
   local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE
-  svcOption="${1:-restart}"
+  svcOption="${1:-reload}"
 
   # get the current path to the pihole-FTL.pid
   FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"