diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
index 178441f6557f1fe38ad48fbf7d923b4db3dbcec9..9364c6a5a394dcb8b7f66ec2ed4ab5ee7f37351b 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ stop_bigbluebutton () {
           BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA=bbb-transcode-akka
        fi
 
-       systemctl stop red5 $TOMCAT_SERVICE nginx freeswitch $REDIS_SERVICE bbb-apps-akka $BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA bbb-fsesl-akka bbb-rap-archive-worker.service bbb-rap-process-worker.service bbb-rap-publish-worker.service bbb-rap-sanity-worker.service bbb-record-core.timer $HTML5 $WEBHOOKS
+       systemctl stop red5 $TOMCAT_SERVICE nginx freeswitch $REDIS_SERVICE bbb-apps-akka $BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA bbb-fsesl-akka bbb-rap-archive-worker.service bbb-rap-process-worker.service bbb-rap-publish-worker.service bbb-rap-sanity-worker.service bbb-record-core.timer $HTML5 $WEBHOOKS etherpad
     else
 	/etc/init.d/monit stop
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ start_bigbluebutton () {
           BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA=bbb-transcode-akka
        fi
 
-       systemctl start red5 $TOMCAT_SERVICE nginx freeswitch $REDIS_SERVICE bbb-apps-akka $BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA bbb-fsesl-akka bbb-record-core.timer $HTML5 $WEBHOOKS
+       systemctl start red5 $TOMCAT_SERVICE nginx freeswitch $REDIS_SERVICE bbb-apps-akka $BBB_TRANSCODE_AKKA bbb-fsesl-akka bbb-record-core.timer $HTML5 $WEBHOOKS etherpad
        if [ -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/bbb-html5.service ]; then
           systemctl start mongod
 	  sleep 3