diff --git a/production/mempool-restart-all b/production/mempool-restart-all
index 395ddbf41..e68564ca3 100755
--- a/production/mempool-restart-all
+++ b/production/mempool-restart-all
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 
-ps uaxw|grep 'dist/index'|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'|xargs -n 1 kill
+echo restarting all mempool backends | wall
+echo restarting all mempool backends | logger -t mempool -p local7.notice
+ps uaxw|grep 'dist/index'|grep -v grep|grep -v services|awk '{print $2}'|xargs -n 1 kill
 
 exit 0