diff --git a/lib/Worker.js b/lib/Worker.js
index 265fc6892..010c2bc80 100644
--- a/lib/Worker.js
+++ b/lib/Worker.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ module.exports = function(God) {
     console.log('[PM2][WORKER] Registering a cron job on:', pm_id);
 
     var job = Cron(pm2_env.cron_restart, function() {
-      God.restartProcessId({id: pm_id}, function(err, data) {
+      // <https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues/5636>
+      God.softReloadProcessId({id: pm_id}, function(err, data) {
         if (err)
           console.error(err.stack || err);
         return;