diff --git a/internal/hub/update.go b/internal/hub/update.go
index 4ae990ef..2ba10601 100644
--- a/internal/hub/update.go
+++ b/internal/hub/update.go
@@ -58,36 +58,38 @@ func Update(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 func restartService() {
 	// Check if we're running as a service by looking for systemd
 	if _, err := exec.LookPath("systemctl"); err == nil {
-		// Check if beszel service exists and is active
-		cmd := exec.Command("systemctl", "is-active", "beszel.service")
-		if err := cmd.Run(); err == nil {
-			ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Restarting beszel service...")
-			restartCmd := exec.Command("systemctl", "restart", "beszel.service")
-			if err := restartCmd.Run(); err != nil {
-				ghupdate.ColorPrintf(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Warning: Failed to restart service: %v\n", err)
-				ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Please restart the service manually: sudo systemctl restart beszel")
-			} else {
-				ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorGreen, "Service restarted successfully")
+		// install-hub.sh names the unit beszel-hub.service. beszel.service is
+		// kept as a fallback for hand written units.
+		for _, unit := range []string{"beszel-hub.service", "beszel.service"} {
+			if err := exec.Command("systemctl", "is-active", unit).Run(); err != nil {
+				continue
 			}
+			reportRestart(exec.Command("systemctl", "restart", unit), "sudo systemctl restart "+unit)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Check for OpenRC (Alpine Linux)
 	if _, err := exec.LookPath("rc-service"); err == nil {
-		cmd := exec.Command("rc-service", "beszel", "status")
-		if err := cmd.Run(); err == nil {
-			ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Restarting beszel service...")
-			restartCmd := exec.Command("rc-service", "beszel", "restart")
-			if err := restartCmd.Run(); err != nil {
-				ghupdate.ColorPrintf(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Warning: Failed to restart service: %v\n", err)
-				ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Please restart the service manually: sudo rc-service beszel restart")
-			} else {
-				ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorGreen, "Service restarted successfully")
+		for _, service := range []string{"beszel-hub", "beszel"} {
+			if err := exec.Command("rc-service", service, "status").Run(); err != nil {
+				continue
 			}
+			reportRestart(exec.Command("rc-service", service, "restart"), "sudo rc-service "+service+" restart")
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
 	ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Service restart not attempted. If running as a service, restart manually.")
 }
+
+// reportRestart runs the restart command and prints the result.
+func reportRestart(cmd *exec.Cmd, manualCommand string) {
+	ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Restarting beszel service...")
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		ghupdate.ColorPrintf(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Warning: Failed to restart service: %v\n", err)
+		ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorYellow, "Please restart the service manually: "+manualCommand)
+	} else {
+		ghupdate.ColorPrint(ghupdate.ColorGreen, "Service restarted successfully")
+	}
+}