diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index f9d87e05..e4c93065 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     variables(
       gomaxprocs: node['cpu']['total']
     )
-    notifies :restart, 'service[consul]', :immediately
+    notifies :create, 'template[/etc/init.d/consul]', :immediately
   end
   template '/etc/init.d/consul' do
     source 'consul-init.erb'