diff --git a/bin/reinit-logstash.sh b/bin/reinit-logstash.sh
index 77fc86c3..caa2b4df 100755
--- a/bin/reinit-logstash.sh
+++ b/bin/reinit-logstash.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+docker-compose stop logstash
+
 for index in $(curl localhost:9200/_cat/indices 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}' | grep ^logstash)
 do
     curl -X DELETE localhost:9200/${index} >/dev/null 2>&1
 done
 
 find docker/logstash/_grokparsefailures/ -type f ! -name ".gitignore" -delete
 
 curl -X DELETE localhost:9200/_template/logstash-1.0.0 >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d "$(cat docker/logstash/templates/logstash_template.json)" \
     localhost:9200/_template/logstash-1.0.0 >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 docker-compose up -d --force-recreate logstash
 docker-compose logs -f logstash
diff --git a/bin/restart-logstash.sh b/bin/restart-logstash.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..509691e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/restart-logstash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-compose stop logstash
+docker-compose up -d logstash
+docker-compose logs -f logstash