diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
index 07d48fe6ae0b922024c515df56168b100aaaf50d..eb94961a65f25e6f2cfc938c1d8f78f88171ce1e 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ if [ $CONFERENCE ]; then
                 fi
 
 		echo "Switching to $CONFERENCE ... "
+		sudo /etc/init.d/freeswitch stop
 		sudo /etc/init.d/asterisk restart
 		sudo /etc/init.d/red5 restart
 	fi