diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a22ceff6..2a17e76a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,17 +156,17 @@ If you'd like to change, patch or alter files or behavior of `docker-mailserver`
 # ! THIS IS AN EXAMPLE !
 
 # If you modify any supervisord configuration, make sure
-# to run "supervisorctl update" afterwards.
+# to run `supervisorctl update` and/or `supervisorctl reload` afterwards.
 
-set -euo pipefail
-echo 'user-patches.sh started'
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. /usr/local/bin/helper-functions.sh
+
+_notify 'Applying user-patches'
 
 if ! grep '192.168.0.1' /etc/hosts
 then
   echo -e '192.168.0.1 some.domain.com' >> /etc/hosts
 fi
-
-echo 'user-patches.sh finished successfully'
 ```
 
 And you're done. The user patches script runs right before starting daemons. That means, all the other configuration is in place, so the script can make final adjustments.
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ This example provides you only with a basic example of what a minimal setup coul
 version: '3.8'
 
 services:
-  mail:
+  mailserver:
     image: docker.io/mailserver/docker-mailserver:latest
     hostname: mail          # ${HOSTNAME}
     domainname: domain.com  # ${DOMAINNAME}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ volumes:
 version: '3.8'
 
 services:
-  mail:
+  mailserver:
     image: docker.io/mailserver/docker-mailserver:latest
     hostname: mail          # ${HOSTNAME}
     domainname: domain.com  # ${DOMAINNAME}
diff --git a/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh b/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
index ac4c7da4..b84c4a55 100755
--- a/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
+++ b/target/scripts/start-mailserver.sh
@@ -356,22 +356,27 @@ function setup
 
 function _setup_supervisor
 {
-  case ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL} in
-    critical | error | warn | info | debug )
-      sed -i -E \
-        "s+loglevel.*+loglevel = ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}+g" \
-        /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
-      ;;
-    * )
-      _notify 'warn' \
-        "SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL value '${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}' unknown. Defaulting to 'warn'"
-      sed -i -E \
-        "s+loglevel.*+loglevel = warn+g" \
-        /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
-      ;;
-  esac
+  if ! grep -q "loglevel = ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}" /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
+  then
+    case ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL} in
+      critical | error | warn | info | debug )
+        sed -i -E \
+          "s+loglevel.*+loglevel = ${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}+g" \
+          /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
 
-  supervisorctl update
+        ;;
+      * )
+        _notify 'error' \
+          "SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL value '${SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL}' unknown. Defaulting to 'warn'"
+
+        sed -i -E \
+          "s+loglevel.*+loglevel = warn+g" \
+          /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    supervisorctl reload
+  fi
 }
 
 function _setup_default_vars