do an explicit stop/start
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh b/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
index bbba8b0..abbdfd1 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/jenkins_home/build_jenkins.sh
@@ -84,4 +84,5 @@
 done
 
 # Restart jenkins
-restart jenkins
+stop jenkins || true
+start jenkins