diff --git a/x-ui.rc b/x-ui.rc
index cfb54211..55f6246b 100644
--- a/x-ui.rc
+++ b/x-ui.rc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ start_pre(){
 }
 reload() {
   ebegin "Reloading ${RC_SVCNAME}"
-  kill -USR1  $pidfile
+  kill -USR1 $(cat $pidfile)
   eend $?
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-ui.sh b/x-ui.sh
index abba9226..020c686f 100644
--- a/x-ui.sh
+++ b/x-ui.sh
@@ -436,7 +436,11 @@ restart() {
 }
 
 restart_xray() {
-    systemctl reload x-ui
+    if [[ $release == "alpine" ]]; then
+        rc-service x-ui reload
+    else
+        systemctl reload x-ui
+    fi
     LOGI "xray-core Restart signal sent successfully, Please check the log information to confirm whether xray restarted successfully"
     sleep 2
     show_xray_status