diff --git a/scripts/after_install_dev.sh b/scripts/after_install_dev.sh
index 43e46f9..9ddc0a1 100755
--- a/scripts/after_install_dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/after_install_dev.sh
@@ -56,14 +56,8 @@ if [ "$PENDING_MIGRATIONS" -gt 0 ]; then
 
     echo 'Applying migrations...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
     poetry run python manage.py migrate >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-
-    # echo 'Starting services...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
-    # sudo systemctl start gunicorn-dev celery-indexer-worker-dev celery-beat-worker-dev celery-beat-dev
 else
-    # echo 'No migrations found. Running collectstatic and restarting services...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
     echo 'No migrations found.' >> "$LOG_FILE"
-    # poetry run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-    # sudo systemctl restart gunicorn-dev celery-indexer-worker-dev celery-beat-worker-dev celery-beat-dev
 fi
 
 # Collect static
diff --git a/scripts/after_install_testnet.sh b/scripts/after_install_testnet.sh
index 32e4356..a1788dc 100755
--- a/scripts/after_install_testnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/after_install_testnet.sh
@@ -56,13 +56,19 @@ if [ "$PENDING_MIGRATIONS" -gt 0 ]; then
 
     echo 'Applying migrations...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
     poetry run python manage.py migrate >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-
-    echo 'Starting services...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
-    sudo systemctl start gunicorn-testnet celery-indexer-worker-testnet celery-beat-worker-testnet celery-beat-testnet
 else
-    echo 'No migrations found. Running collectstatic and restarting services...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
-    poetry run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-    sudo systemctl restart gunicorn-testnet celery-indexer-worker-testnet celery-beat-worker-testnet celery-beat-testnet
+    echo 'No migrations found.' >> "$LOG_FILE"
 fi
 
+# Collect static
+echo 'Running collectstatic...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
+poetry run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput >> "$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+
+# Gracefully reload Gunicorn to apply the changes without downtime
+echo 'Reloading Gunicorn...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
+sudo systemctl kill --signal=HUP gunicorn-testnet
+
+echo 'Restarting services...' >> "$LOG_FILE"
+sudo systemctl restart celery-indexer-worker-testnet celery-beat-worker-testnet celery-beat-testnet
+
 echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - after_install_testnet.sh completed" >> "$LOG_FILE"