diff --git a/scripts/services/scirius/init.sh b/scripts/services/scirius/init.sh
index 59333ea..f5caf02 100755
--- a/scripts/services/scirius/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/services/scirius/init.sh
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ fi
 # sudo chown root:root /etc/rsyslog.d/20-suricata.conf
 # sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
 
-IFACE=$(ip -o -4 route show to default | awk 'NR==1{print $5}')
-sudo sed -i "s/eth0/${IFACE}/g" /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
-sudo sed -i "s/eth0/${IFACE}/g" /etc/default/suricata
-
-sudo systemctl restart suricata
-
 # wait for service to be listening
 while ! nc -z 10.2.3.1 55000; do
     WAIT_TIME=10
diff --git a/scripts/services/scirius/suricata_start.sh b/scripts/services/scirius/suricata_start.sh
index 4f1b818..6946d4f 100755
--- a/scripts/services/scirius/suricata_start.sh
+++ b/scripts/services/scirius/suricata_start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+systemctl stop suricata
+
+IFACE=$(ip -o -4 route show to default | awk 'NR==1{print $5}')
+sudo sed -i "s/eth0/${IFACE}/g" /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
+sudo sed -i "s/eth0/${IFACE}/g" /etc/default/suricata
+
 systemctl start suricata
 systemctl enable suricata