diff --git a/roles/common/templates/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf.j2 b/roles/common/templates/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf.j2
index 7e9fd50..66e4cde 100644
--- a/roles/common/templates/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/common/templates/etc/systemd/system/fail2ban.service.d/override.conf.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+# If nftables is stopped or restarted, propagate to fail2ban as well
+PartOf=nftables.service
+
 [Service]
 PrivateDevices=yes
 PrivateTmp=yes
diff --git a/roles/common/templates/update-firehol-nftables.sh.j2 b/roles/common/templates/update-firehol-nftables.sh.j2
index bb59dd2..23f70e4 100755
--- a/roles/common/templates/update-firehol-nftables.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/common/templates/update-firehol-nftables.sh.j2
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ NFT_HEAD
     rm -f "$firehol_level1_ipv4_list_temp" "$firehol_level1_ipv4_set_temp"
 fi
 
-echo "Reloading nftables"
+echo "Restarting nftables"
 
-/usr/bin/systemctl reload nftables.service
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart nftables.service
 
 rm -v firehol_level1.netset