diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f380975..7f745ca2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "main": "backend.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "npm install && npm run build && npm run manual-start",
-    "restart": "npm stop ; npm run manual-start",
+    "restart": "node run-command.mjs stop start",
     "stop": "node run-command.mjs stop",
     "test": "npm run proxy-validator",
     "pm2-start": "pm2 start ecosystem.config.js --env production",
diff --git a/run-command.mjs b/run-command.mjs
index 737b6a93..9d5c6593 100644
--- a/run-command.mjs
+++ b/run-command.mjs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const serverUrl = (base => {
   return Object.freeze(base);
 })();
 
-const shutdown = new URL("./src/.shutdown", import.meta.url);
+const shutdown = fileURLToPath(new URL("./src/.shutdown", import.meta.url));
 
 for(let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++)
   switch (process.argv[i]) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ for(let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++)
         });
       else {
         const server = fork(
-          new URL("./backend.js", import.meta.url),
+          fileURLToPath(new URL("./backend.js", import.meta.url)),
           {detached: true}
         );
         server.unref();