diff --git a/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml b/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
index fb9998bd08dbbcbc792d9f57a9dce176670a72d2..15caf80df303546cc450140e1e8c6d346a2af5b0 100644
--- a/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
+++ b/gateway/initial_gw_setup.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
           net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 2
       tags: config
     - name: Reload sysctl config
-      ansible.builtin.shell: sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
+      ansible.builtin.shell: sysctl --system
       tags: config
 
     # Basic networking