diff --git a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent b/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
index f23435ca..fad6b4c7 100755
--- a/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
+++ b/confluent_server/sysvinit/confluent
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 case $1 in
 	restart)
 		echo -n 'Stopping Confluent '
-		kill `cat /var/run/confluent/pid`
-		sleep 5
+		/opt/confluent/bin/confetty shutdown
 		echo -n 'Starting Confluent '
 		/opt/confluent/bin/confluent
 		success
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ case $1 in
 		;;
 	stop)
 		echo -n 'Stopping Confluent '
-		kill `cat /var/run/confluent/pid`
+		/opt/confluent/bin/confetty shutdown
 		success
 		;;
 esac