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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bouncing the servers:
 
 ```
 sudo kill -HUP <pid of nginx>
-kill -HUP <pid of gunicorn>
+kill -HUP `cat /mnt/logs/gunicorn.pid`
 
 kill <pids of worker daemons>
 restart daemons