diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index 8e3676308..4364481fb 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -77,13 +77,15 @@ while true; do
 
     bashio::log.green "$(date)    INFO ${wavs} wav files waiting in $ingest_dir, $srv state is $state"
 
-    if ((wavs > 100)) && [[ "$state" == "active" ]]; then
+    if ((wavs > 100)); then
+        bashio::log.red "$(date) WARNING too many files in queue, pausing $srv"
         sudo systemctl stop "$srv"
-        bashio::log.red "$(date) WARNING stopped $srv service"
+        sudo systemctl restart birdnet_analysis
         if [ -s "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt" ]; then apprisealert; fi
-    elif ((wavs <= 100)) && [[ "$state" != "active" ]]; then
-        sudo systemctl start $srv
+    elif [[ "$state" != "active" ]]; then
         bashio::log.yellow "$(date)    INFO started $srv service"
+        sudo systemctl start $srv
+        sudo systemctl restart birdnet_analysis
     fi
 
     ((counter--))