diff --git a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
index abcd661c6a..5a2dd5928d 100644
--- a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/init.pp
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class lodgeit {
     hasrestart => true
   }
 
+  service { "nginx":
+    ensure => running,
+    hasrestart => true
+  }
 
 # if we already have the mercurial repo the pull updates
 
@@ -53,8 +57,4 @@ class lodgeit {
     onlyif => "test ! -d /var/backups/lodgeit_db"
   }
 
-  service { 'nginx':
-    ensure => running,
-    hasrestart => true
-  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/site.pp b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/site.pp
index bb9b08f8ab..5924ff9403 100644
--- a/modules/lodgeit/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/modules/lodgeit/manifests/site.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ define lodgeit::site($port, $image="") {
     ensure => 'present',
     content => template("lodgeit/nginx.erb"),
     replace => 'true',
-    require => Package[nginx]
+    require => Package[nginx],
+    notify => Service[nginx]
   }
 
   file { "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/${name}":
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ define lodgeit::site($port, $image="") {
     ensure => 'present',
     content => template("lodgeit/upstart.erb"),
     replace => 'true',
-    require => Package[nginx]
+    require => Package[nginx],
+    notify => Service["${name}-paste"]
   }
 
   file { "/srv/lodgeit/${name}":
@@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ define lodgeit::site($port, $image="") {
   file { "/srv/lodgeit/${name}/manage.py":
     mode => 755,
     replace => true,
-    content => template("lodgeit/manage.py.erb")
+    content => template("lodgeit/manage.py.erb"),
+    notify => Service["${name}-paste"]
   }
 
   file { "/srv/lodgeit/${name}/lodgeit/views/layout.html":
diff --git a/modules/lodgeit/templates/manage.py.erb b/modules/lodgeit/templates/manage.py.erb
index a17a318cd1..6f1a614a01 100644
--- a/modules/lodgeit/templates/manage.py.erb
+++ b/modules/lodgeit/templates/manage.py.erb
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ from lodgeit import local
 from lodgeit.application import make_app
 from lodgeit.database import session
 
-#dburi = 'sqlite:////tmp/lodgeit.db'
 dburi = 'drizzle://127.0.0.1:4427/<%= name %>'
 
 SECRET_KEY = 'no secret key'
 
-
 def run_app(app, path='/'):
     env = create_environ(path, SECRET_KEY)
     return run_wsgi_app(app, env)
diff --git a/modules/planet/manifests/init.pp b/modules/planet/manifests/init.pp
index f5a69b465d..c4bf6d233f 100644
--- a/modules/planet/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/planet/manifests/init.pp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class planet {
     ensure => directory
   }
 
-  service { 'nginx':
+  service { "nginx":
     ensure => running,
     hasrestart => true
   }
diff --git a/modules/planet/manifests/site.pp b/modules/planet/manifests/site.pp
index 92ae03501d..98da016a84 100644
--- a/modules/planet/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/modules/planet/manifests/site.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ define planet::site($git_url) {
     ensure => present,
     content => template("planet/nginx.erb"),
     replace => true,
-    require => Package[nginx]
+    require => Package[nginx],
+    notify => Service[nginx]
   }
 
   file { "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/planet-${name}":
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ define planet::site($git_url) {
   cron { "update_planet_${name}":
     user => root,
     minute => "*/5",
-    command => "cd /var/lib/planet/${name} && planet /var/lib/planet/${name}/planet.ini > /var/log/planet/${name}.log 2>&1"
+    command => "date >> /var/log/planet/${name}.log && cd /var/lib/planet/${name} && planet /var/lib/planet/${name}/planet.ini >> /var/log/planet/${name}.log 2>&1"
   }
 
 }