diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/SYSLOGsn.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/SYSLOGsn.pm
index f74afaf35..56483d190 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/SYSLOGsn.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/SYSLOGsn.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ sub setup_SYSLOG
         {    # need to add
             ` echo "*.debug   /var/log/messages" >> /etc/syslog.conf`;
             `echo "*.crit   /var/log/messages" >> /etc/syslog.conf`;
+            `service syslog restart`;
         }
     }