diff --git a/etc/apache2.site b/etc/apache2.site
index 31cbcb485..84b16cb7e 100644
--- a/etc/apache2.site
+++ b/etc/apache2.site
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
 </IfModule>
 
   # Pull in the Apache2 ContentPolicy
-  Include /opt/fpp/etc/apache2.csp
+  IncludeOptional /opt/fpp/etc/apache2.csp
 
 <IfModule mod_headers.c>
   # Set other security settings
diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
index f9c236443..cb33e527d 100755
--- a/scripts/common
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -201,18 +201,35 @@ setSetting() {
 gracefullyReloadApacheConf() {
     if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
         # macOS
-        sudo apachectl graceful
+        if sudo apachectl -t >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apachectl graceful
+            echo "Apache configuration reloaded successfully."
+        else
+            echo "Apache is not running."
+            return 1
+        fi
     elif [[ -f /etc/debian_version ]]; then
         # Debian/Ubuntu
-        sudo systemctl reload apache2
+        if systemctl is-active --quiet apache2; then
+            sudo systemctl reload apache2
+            echo "Apache configuration reloaded successfully."
+        else
+            echo "Apache is not running."
+            return 1
+        fi
     elif [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]; then
         # RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
-        sudo systemctl reload httpd
+        if systemctl is-active --quiet httpd; then
+            sudo systemctl reload httpd
+            echo "Apache configuration reloaded successfully."
+        else
+            echo "Apache is not running."
+            return 1
+        fi
     else
         echo "Unsupported OS"
         return 1
     fi
-    echo "Apache configuration reloaded successfully."
 }
 
 ###################################################################