diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
index d61653e4a..86817bd01 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/internal/app"
-	"github.com/AlexxIT/go2rtc/pkg/shell"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
@@ -256,7 +255,15 @@ func restartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	go shell.Restart()
+	path, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Debug().Msgf("[api] restart %s", path)
+
+	go syscall.Exec(path, os.Args, os.Environ())
 }
 
 func logHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/pkg/shell/shell.go b/pkg/shell/shell.go
index 157927256..d538b961b 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/shell.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/shell.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package shell
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -70,20 +68,3 @@ func RunUntilSignal() {
 	signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	println("exit with signal:", (<-sigs).String())
 }
-
-// Restart idea taken from https://github.com/tillberg/autorestart
-// Copyright (c) 2015, Dan Tillberg
-func Restart() {
-	path, err := exec.LookPath(os.Args[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	path, err = filepath.Abs(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	path = filepath.Clean(path)
-	if err = syscall.Exec(path, os.Args, os.Environ()); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-}