diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9530dbb..efb38a74 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updates to Makefile for clarity, notably removing genconfig and replacing
   test-it with test. #890
 
+- realy reboot also without systemd
+
 ## [4.4.0] 2023-01-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/overlays/wwinit/init b/overlays/wwinit/init
index a6999991..af754f94 100755
--- a/overlays/wwinit/init
+++ b/overlays/wwinit/init
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if test -f "/warewulf/config"; then
 else
     echo "ERROR: Warewulf configuration file not found... rebooting in 1 minute"
     sleep 60
-    /sbin/reboot
+    echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger || /sbin/reboot
 fi
 
 echo "Warewulf v4 is now booting: $WWHOSTNAME"
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ fi
 echo
 echo "There was a problem with the provisioning process, rebooting in 1 minute..."
 sleep 60
-/sbin/reboot
\ No newline at end of file
+echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger || /sbin/reboot