diff --git a/distros/debian8/zoneminder.service b/distros/debian8/zoneminder.service
index 78f950aca..d82270024 100644
--- a/distros/debian8/zoneminder.service
+++ b/distros/debian8/zoneminder.service
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ User=www-data
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl start
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl restart
-ExecStop=/bin/bash -c '[[ "$(/usr/bin/pgrep zmdc.pl)" > 0 ]] && /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl stop'
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl stop
 PIDFile=/var/run/zm/zm.pid
 
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