diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index e0fe4d3..e7a7f6f 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
   supervisorctl: name={{ uwsgi_app_service_name }} state=restarted config=/etc/supervisor/supervisor.conf
   sudo: yes
 
+- name: start supervisord
+  service: name=supervisor state=started
+  sudo: yes
+
+- name: start supervisord
+  service: name=supervisor state=started
+  sudo: yes
+
 - name: restart supervisord
   service: name=supervisor state=restarted
   sudo: yes
diff --git a/tasks/supervisor.yaml b/tasks/supervisor.yaml
index f511c2c..6069d5b 100644
--- a/tasks/supervisor.yaml
+++ b/tasks/supervisor.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 - name: upload supervisor configuration to web server home
   template: src=supervisor/app_supervisor.conf dest=/etc/supervisor/conf.d/{{ supervisor_app_config }}
   sudo: yes
-  notify: restart supervisord
+  notify: start supervisord