diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index 59ad2d419..b43e5b4a3 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ while true; do
        latest="$(cat "$ingest_dir"/analyzing_now.txt)"
        if [[ "$latest" == "$analyzing_now" ]]; then
           echo "$(date) WARNING no change in analyzing_now for 10 iterations, restarting services"
-          "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
+          /."$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
        fi
        counter=10
        analyzing_now=$(cat "$ingest_dir"/analyzing_now.txt)