diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index ecb90fae..d169b6de 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
   service 'consul' do
     supports status: true, restart: true, reload: true
     action [:enable, :start]
-    subscribes :reload, "file[#{node[:consul][:config_dir]}/default.json]", :immediately
+    subscribes :reload, "file[#{node[:consul][:config_dir]}/default.json]", :delayed
   end
 when 'runit'
   include_recipe 'runit'