diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de5642bf..31f906d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ The most noteworthy change of this release is the update of the container's base
   - `LOGROTATE_COUNT` defines the number of files kept by logrotate ([#3907](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3907))
     - The fail2ban log file is now also taken into account by `LOGROTATE_COUNT` and `LOGROTATE_INTERVAL` ([#3915](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3915), [#3919](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3919))
 
+- **Internal:**
+  - Regular container restarts are now better supported. Setup scripts that ran previously will now be skipped ([#3929](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3929))
+
 ### Updates
 
 - **Environment Variables:**
diff --git a/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh b/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
index f18abdf6..cbe38da9 100755
--- a/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ function _register_functions() {
 
   # ? >> Checks
 
-  _register_check_function '_check_improper_restart'
   _register_check_function '_check_hostname'
   _register_check_function '_check_log_level'
   _register_check_function '_check_spam_prefix'
@@ -170,24 +169,35 @@ function _register_functions() {
 # ? >> Executing all stacks / actual start of DMS
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-_early_supervisor_setup
-_early_variables_setup
+# Ensure DMS only adjusts config files for a new container.
+# Container restarts should skip as they retain the modified config.
+if [[ ! -f /CONTAINER_START ]]; then
+  _early_supervisor_setup
+  _early_variables_setup
 
-_log 'info' "Welcome to docker-mailserver ${DMS_RELEASE}"
+  _log 'info' "Welcome to docker-mailserver ${DMS_RELEASE}"
 
-_register_functions
-_check
-_setup
-[[ ${LOG_LEVEL} =~ (debug|trace) ]] && print-environment
-_run_user_patches
-_start_daemons
+  _register_functions
+  _check
+  _setup
+  _run_user_patches
+else
+  # container was restarted
+  _early_variables_setup
+
+  _log 'info' 'Container was restarted. Skipping setup routines.'
+  _log 'info' "Welcome to docker-mailserver ${DMS_RELEASE}"
+
+  _register_functions
+fi
 
 # marker to check if container was restarted
 date >/CONTAINER_START
 
+[[ ${LOG_LEVEL} =~ (debug|trace) ]] && print-environment
+_start_daemons
+
 _log 'info' "${HOSTNAME} is up and running"
 
 touch /var/log/mail/mail.log
-tail -Fn 0 /var/log/mail/mail.log
-
-exit 0
+exec tail -Fn 0 /var/log/mail/mail.log
diff --git a/target/scripts/startup/check-stack.sh b/target/scripts/startup/check-stack.sh
index cc98cfe2..766fcccf 100644
--- a/target/scripts/startup/check-stack.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/startup/check-stack.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ function _check() {
   done
 }
 
-function _check_improper_restart() {
-  _log 'debug' 'Checking for improper restart'
-
-  if [[ -f /CONTAINER_START ]]; then
-    _log 'warn' 'This container was (likely) improperly restarted which can result in undefined behavior'
-    _log 'warn' "Please use 'docker compose up --force-recreate' or equivalent (view our troubleshooting docs)"
-  fi
-}
-
 function _check_hostname() {
   _log 'debug' 'Checking that hostname/domainname is provided or overridden'
 
diff --git a/target/scripts/startup/setup-stack.sh b/target/scripts/startup/setup-stack.sh
index 81e1a98e..8c8e6461 100644
--- a/target/scripts/startup/setup-stack.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/startup/setup-stack.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function _early_supervisor_setup() {
   if ! grep -q "loglevel = ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}" /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf; then
     case "${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}" in
       ( 'critical' | 'error' | 'info' | 'debug' )
-        sed -i -E \
+        sedfile -i -E \
           "s|(loglevel).*|\1 = ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}|g" \
           /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf