diff --git a/caddy/caddy.go b/caddy/caddy.go
index 022cbb90..578b894b 100644
--- a/caddy/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy/caddy.go
@@ -264,10 +264,7 @@ func LoadCaddyfile(loader func() (Input, error)) (cdyfile Input, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		cdyfile = CaddyfileInput{
-			Filepath: os.Stdin.Name(),
-			Contents: loadedGob.Caddyfile,
-		}
+		cdyfile = loadedGob.Caddyfile
 	}
 
 	// Otherwise, we first try to get from stdin pipe
diff --git a/caddy/helpers.go b/caddy/helpers.go
index a22e7f5c..c606f941 100644
--- a/caddy/helpers.go
+++ b/caddy/helpers.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func checkFdlimit() {
 // the caddyfile contents. Used only during graceful restarts.
 type caddyfileGob struct {
 	ListenerFds map[string]uintptr
-	Caddyfile   []byte
+	Caddyfile   Input
 }
 
 // isRestart returns whether this process is, according
diff --git a/caddy/restart.go b/caddy/restart.go
index 1c61c5a0..7921f375 100644
--- a/caddy/restart.go
+++ b/caddy/restart.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	gob.Register(CaddyfileInput{})
+}
+
 // Restart restarts the entire application; gracefully with zero
 // downtime if on a POSIX-compatible system, or forcefully if on
 // Windows but with imperceptibly-short downtime.
@@ -17,6 +21,11 @@ import (
 // The restarted application will use newCaddyfile as its input
 // configuration. If newCaddyfile is nil, the current (existing)
 // Caddyfile configuration will be used.
+//
+// Note: The process must exist in the same place on the disk in
+// order for this to work. Thus, multiple graceful restarts don't
+// work if executing with `go run`, since the binary is cleaned up
+// when `go run` sees the initial parent process exit.
 func Restart(newCaddyfile Input) error {
 	if newCaddyfile == nil {
 		caddyfileMu.Lock()
@@ -24,7 +33,7 @@ func Restart(newCaddyfile Input) error {
 		caddyfileMu.Unlock()
 	}
 
-	if len(os.Args) == 0 { // this should never happen, but just in case...
+	if len(os.Args) == 0 { // this should never happen...
 		os.Args = []string{""}
 	}
 
@@ -34,7 +43,7 @@ func Restart(newCaddyfile Input) error {
 	// Prepare our payload to the child process
 	cdyfileGob := caddyfileGob{
 		ListenerFds: make(map[string]uintptr),
-		Caddyfile:   newCaddyfile.Body(),
+		Caddyfile:   newCaddyfile,
 	}
 
 	// Prepare a pipe to the fork's stdin so it can get the Caddyfile
diff --git a/caddy/sigtrap_posix.go b/caddy/sigtrap_posix.go
index 122adf2c..521866fd 100644
--- a/caddy/sigtrap_posix.go
+++ b/caddy/sigtrap_posix.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func init() {
 
 			err := Restart(updatedCaddyfile)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(err)
+				log.Println("error at restart:", err)
 			}
 		}
 	}()