diff --git a/docker/uwsgi/consul-template-uwsgi.conf b/docker/uwsgi/consul-template-uwsgi.conf
index 412a0b3d..b556ff55 100644
--- a/docker/uwsgi/consul-template-uwsgi.conf
+++ b/docker/uwsgi/consul-template-uwsgi.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ template {
     destination = "/code/consul_config.py"
 }
 exec {
-    command = "uwsgi --die-on-term /etc/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini"
+    command = ["uwsgi", "/etc/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini"]
     splay = "60s"
     reload_signal = "SIGHUP"
     kill_signal = "SIGTERM"
diff --git a/docker/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini b/docker/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini
index 36ab3757..d26176cc 100644
--- a/docker/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/docker/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ processes = 20
 disable-logging = true
 ; increase buffer size for requests that send a lot of mbids in query params
 buffer-size = 8192
-; when uwsgi gets a sighup, quit completely and let runit restart us
-exit-on-reload = true
 need-app = true
-log-x-forwarded-for=true
+log-x-forwarded-for = true
+die-on-term = true