diff --git a/builder/data/etc/update-motd.d/01-motd b/builder/data/etc/update-motd.d/01-motd
index 4cb9709a..8c13ae9f 100755
--- a/builder/data/etc/update-motd.d/01-motd
+++ b/builder/data/etc/update-motd.d/01-motd
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ echo "    If you want to know if I'm running, you can use"
 echo "    sudo systemctl status pwnagotchi"
 echo
 echo "    You can restart me using"
-echo "    sudo systemctl restart pwnagotchi"
+echo "    pwnkill"
 echo
 echo "    You learn more about me at https://pwnagotchi.ai/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builder/orangepi.yml b/builder/orangepi.yml
index 083879e7..3fbae2e9 100644
--- a/builder/orangepi.yml
+++ b/builder/orangepi.yml
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@
         line: "\nalias pwnver='python3 -c \"import pwnagotchi as p; print(p.__version__)\"'"
         insertafter: EOF
 
+    - name: Add pwnkill alias to restart pwnagotchi with a signal
+      lineinfile:
+        dest: /home/pi/.bashrc
+        line: "\nalias pwnkill='sudo killall -USR1 pwnagotchi'"
+        insertafter: EOF
+
     - name: download old libpcap packages
       get_url:
         url: "https://old.kali.org/kali/pool/main/libp/libpcap/{{ item }}"
diff --git a/builder/raspberrypi64.yml b/builder/raspberrypi64.yml
index bff302cb..27d406b3 100644
--- a/builder/raspberrypi64.yml
+++ b/builder/raspberrypi64.yml
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@
         line: "\nalias pwnver='python3 -c \"import pwnagotchi as p; print(p.__version__)\"'"
         insertafter: EOF
 
+    - name: Add pwnkill alias to restart pwnagotchi with a signal
+      lineinfile:
+        dest: /home/pi/.bashrc
+        line: "\nalias pwnkill='sudo killall -USR1 pwnagotchi'"
+        insertafter: EOF
+
     - name: download old libpcap packages
       get_url:
         url: "https://old.kali.org/kali/pool/main/libp/libpcap/{{ item }}"