diff --git a/monitnotify.service_sample b/monitnotify.service_sample
index 772c69e..82f28b4 100644
--- a/monitnotify.service_sample
+++ b/monitnotify.service_sample
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Before=monit.service
 User=yourmonitoringmailuser
 Group=yourmonitoringmailuser
 Type=simple
+PIDFile=/var/run/monitnotifyer.pid
 ExecStart=/home/yourmonitoringmailuser/monitnotifyer/monitnotifyer.sh
-ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStop=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+ExecReload=/home/yourmonitoringmailuser/monitnotifyer/monitnotifyer.sh -a stop ; /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+ExecStop=/home/yourmonitoringmailuser/monitnotifyer/monitnotifyer.sh -a stop ; /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 KillMode=process
 StandardOutput=null
 Restart=on-failure