diff --git a/bottools/methods.py b/bottools/methods.py
index e86db4a..619d6e8 100644
--- a/bottools/methods.py
+++ b/bottools/methods.py
@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ def restart(bot, update):
   while len(mentionstreams) > 0:
    so = mentionstreams.pop(list(mentionstreams)[0])
    so.disconnect()
-   so.join()
    
   os.execl(sys.executable, sys.executable, *sys.argv)