diff --git a/server/auth/actions.ts b/server/auth/actions.ts
index 71fb33156..f081574e7 100644
--- a/server/auth/actions.ts
+++ b/server/auth/actions.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export enum ActionsEnum {
     getSite = "getSite",
     listSites = "listSites",
     updateSite = "updateSite",
+    restartSite = "restartSite",
     resetSiteBandwidth = "resetSiteBandwidth",
     reGenerateSecret = "reGenerateSecret",
     createResource = "createResource",
diff --git a/server/routers/external.ts b/server/routers/external.ts
index 326e555a8..31ed385d8 100644
--- a/server/routers/external.ts
+++ b/server/routers/external.ts
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ authenticated.delete(
 authenticated.post(
     "/site/:siteId/restart",
     verifySiteAccess,
-    verifyUserHasAction(ActionsEnum.updateSite),
-    logActionAudit(ActionsEnum.updateSite),
+    verifyUserHasAction(ActionsEnum.restartSite),
+    logActionAudit(ActionsEnum.restartSite),
     site.restartSite
 );
 
diff --git a/server/routers/site/restartSite.ts b/server/routers/site/restartSite.ts
index f60db77d3..9ae6ffe21 100644
--- a/server/routers/site/restartSite.ts
+++ b/server/routers/site/restartSite.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import createHttpError from "http-errors";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
 import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
 import { OpenAPITags, registry } from "@server/openApi";
-import { sendToClient } from "../ws";
-import { canCompress } from "@server/lib/clientVersionChecks";
+import { sendToClient } from "#dynamic/routers/ws";
 
 const updateSiteParamsSchema = z.strictObject({
     siteId: z.coerce.number().int().positive()
@@ -92,17 +91,12 @@ export async function restartSite(
             );
         }
 
-        await sendToClient(
-            newt.newtId,
-            {
-                type: "newt/wg/restart",
-                data: {}
-            },
-            {
-                incrementConfigVersion: false,
-                compress: canCompress(newt.version, "newt")
-            }
-        );
+        logger.info(`Restarting site ${siteId}...`);
+
+        await sendToClient(newt.newtId, {
+            type: "newt/wg/restart",
+            data: {}
+        });
 
         return response(res, {
             data: null,