diff --git a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
index 8a9eaec273..b8abf734c1 100644
--- a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
+++ b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm/terraform/vm_config.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ sudo sed -i 's|!/bin/sh|!/bin/bash|g' /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
 
 # Make sure xrdp service starts up with the system
 sudo systemctl enable xrdp
+sudo service xrdp restart
 
 if [ "${SHARED_STORAGE_ACCESS}" -eq 1 ]; then
   # Install required packages