diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
index 8173d667ade7f5a9716ffcf641ce7ba163c473e6..04a4c8c405abb3e4cdd5a2eead66dd242f2be19e 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ stop_bigbluebutton () {
 		/etc/init.d/bbb-record-core stop
 	fi
 
+	if [ -f /etc/init/bbb-apps-akka.conf ]; then
+        	service bbb-apps-akka stop
+	fi
+	if [ -f /etc/init/bbb-fsesl-akka.conf ]; then
+        	service bbb-fsesl-akka stop
+	fi
 }
 
 start_bigbluebutton () {
@@ -296,6 +302,12 @@ start_bigbluebutton () {
 		fi
         fi
 
+	if [ -f /etc/init/bbb-apps-akka.conf ]; then
+        	service bbb-apps-akka start
+	fi
+	if [ -f /etc/init/bbb-fsesl-akka.conf ]; then
+        	service bbb-fsesl-akka start
+	fi
 
 	#
 	# At this point the red5 and servlet container applications are starting up.