diff --git a/bench/commands/setup.py b/bench/commands/setup.py
index a7fb886f..08e2d4f2 100755
--- a/bench/commands/setup.py
+++ b/bench/commands/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def reload_nginx():
 @click.option("--user", help="optional user argument")
 @click.option("--yes", help="Yes to regeneration of supervisor config", is_flag=True, default=False)
 def setup_supervisor(user=None, yes=False):
+	bench.config.supervisor.update_supervisord_config(user=user, yes=yes)
 	bench.config.supervisor.generate_supervisor_config(bench_path=".", user=user, yes=yes)
 
 
diff --git a/bench/config/production_setup.py b/bench/config/production_setup.py
index 4b5fc774..e22d4a14 100755
--- a/bench/config/production_setup.py
+++ b/bench/config/production_setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sys
 # imports - module imports
 from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config
 from bench.config.nginx import make_nginx_conf
-from bench.config.supervisor import generate_supervisor_config
+from bench.config.supervisor import generate_supervisor_config, update_supervisord_config
 from bench.config.systemd import generate_systemd_config
 from bench.utils import CommandFailedError, exec_cmd, find_executable, fix_prod_setup_perms, get_bench_name, get_cmd_output
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def setup_production(user, bench_path='.', yes=False):
 	if get_config(bench_path).get('restart_systemd_on_update'):
 		generate_systemd_config(bench_path=bench_path, user=user, yes=yes)
 	else:
+		update_supervisord_config(user=user, yes=yes)
 		generate_supervisor_config(bench_path=bench_path, user=user, yes=yes)
 	make_nginx_conf(bench_path=bench_path, yes=yes)
 	fix_prod_setup_perms(bench_path, frappe_user=user)
diff --git a/bench/config/supervisor.py b/bench/config/supervisor.py
index 9e9b7a89..c57b86ff 100644
--- a/bench/config/supervisor.py
+++ b/bench/config/supervisor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # imports - standard imports
 import getpass
+import logging
 import os
 
 # imports - module imports
@@ -13,13 +14,14 @@ import click
 from six.moves import configparser
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(bench.PROJECT_NAME)
+
+
 def generate_supervisor_config(bench_path, user=None, yes=False):
 	"""Generate supervisor config for respective bench path"""
 	if not user:
 		user = getpass.getuser()
 
-	update_supervisord_conf(user=user)
-
 	template = bench.config.env.get_template('supervisor.conf')
 	config = get_config(bench_path=bench_path)
 	bench_dir = os.path.abspath(bench_path)
@@ -64,12 +66,17 @@ def get_supervisord_conf():
 			return possibility
 
 
-def update_supervisord_conf(user):
-	"""From bench v5.0, we're moving to supervisor running as user"""
+def update_supervisord_config(user=None, yes=False):
+	"""From bench v5.x, we're moving to supervisor running as user"""
 	from bench.config.production_setup import service
 
 	supervisord_conf = get_supervisord_conf()
 	section = "unix_http_server"
+	updated_values = {
+		"chmod": "0760",
+		"chown": "{user}:{user}".format(user=user)
+	}
+	supervisord_conf_updated = False
 
 	if not supervisord_conf:
 		return
@@ -79,12 +86,24 @@ def update_supervisord_conf(user):
 
 	if section not in config.sections():
 		config.add_section(section)
+		supervisord_conf_updated = True
 
-	config.set(section, "chmod", "0760")
-	config.set(section, "chown", "{user}:{user}".format(user=user))
+	for key, value in updated_values.items():
+		current_value = config[section].get(key, "")
+		if current_value.strip() != value:
+			config.set(section, key, value)
+			supervisord_conf_updated = True
+			logger.log("Updated supervisord config: '{0}' changed from '{1}' to '{2}'".format(key, current_value, value))
 
-	with open(supervisord_conf, "w") as f:
-		config.write(f)
+	if not supervisord_conf_updated:
+		return
 
-	# restart supervisor to take new changes into effect
-	service('supervisor', 'restart')
+	try:
+		with open(supervisord_conf, "w") as f:
+			config.write(f)
+			logger.log("Updated supervisord config at '{0}'".format(supervisord_conf))
+	except Exception as e:
+		logger.log("Updating supervisord config failed due to '{0}'".format(e))
+
+	# Reread supervisor configuration, reload supervisord and supervisorctl, restart services that were started
+	service('supervisor', 'reload')