diff --git a/bin/emacs_ctl b/bin/emacs_ctl
index b2ab6de..1c34d59 100755
--- a/bin/emacs_ctl
+++ b/bin/emacs_ctl
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ elif [[ "$1" == "stop" ]]; then
     stop_daemon
 elif [[ "$1" == "kill" ]]; then
     kill_daemon
+elif [[ "$1" == "restart" ]]; then
+    restart_daemon &
+elif [[ "$1" == "hard_restart" ]]; then
+    hard_restart_daemon &
 elif [[ "$1" == "theme" ]]; then
     if [[ "$2" == "toggle" ]]; then
         # if no state file assume light theme