diff --git a/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/sync-repo-and-execute-cmd.sh b/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/sync-repo-and-execute-cmd.sh
index 78f0552ff08..34468f2fba4 100755
--- a/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/sync-repo-and-execute-cmd.sh
+++ b/configuration/environments_scripts/repo/usr/local/bin/sync-repo-and-execute-cmd.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ then
     if httpd -t ; then
         ${COMMAND_ON_COMPLETION}
     else 
-        echo "Config error"
+        logger -t httpdMerge "Config error"
     fi
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sse.landscape.aws/src/com/sap/sse/landscape/aws/impl/ApacheReverseProxy.java b/java/com.sap.sse.landscape.aws/src/com/sap/sse/landscape/aws/impl/ApacheReverseProxy.java
index 691bb5de914..f58b0bb40b5 100755
--- a/java/com.sap.sse.landscape.aws/src/com/sap/sse/landscape/aws/impl/ApacheReverseProxy.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sse.landscape.aws/src/com/sap/sse/landscape/aws/impl/ApacheReverseProxy.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ implements com.sap.sse.landscape.Process<RotatingFileBasedLog, MetricsT> {
     
     /**
      *  Creates a command, that can be ran on an instance to commit, and optionally push, changes to a file (within a git repository). ASSUMES the command is ran from within the repository.
-     * @param editedFileName The file name edited, created or deleted to commit. This includes the {@link #CONFIG_FILE_EXTENSION}, but not a path. We append the relative path.
+     * @param editedFileName The file name edited, created or deleted to commit. This includes the {@link #CONFIG_FILE_EXTENSION}, but not a path. The method appends the relative path.
      * @param commitMsg The commit message, without escaped speech marks.
      * @param performPush Boolean indicating whether to push changes or not. True for performing a push.
      * @return Returns the created command (in String form) to perform a commit and optional push.
@@ -268,18 +268,16 @@ implements com.sap.sse.landscape.Process<RotatingFileBasedLog, MetricsT> {
      */
     private void removeRedirect(String configFileName, String hostname,
             Optional<String> optionalKeyName, byte[] privateKeyEncryptionPassphrase) throws Exception {
-        StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder("cd " + CONFIG_REPO_PATH );
+        StringBuilder command = new StringBuilder("su - " + CONFIG_USER + " -c '"); // The Git commit must be ran as the CONFIG_USER.
+        command.append("cd ");
+        command.append(CONFIG_REPO_PATH);
         command.append(" && git checkout ");
         command.append(CONFIG_REPO_MAIN_BRANCH_NAME);
         command.append(" && rm ");
         command.append(getRelativeConfigFilePath(configFileName));
-        command.append(" && service httpd reload; " );
-        command.append("su - " + CONFIG_USER + " -c '"); // The Git commit must be ran as the CONFIG_USER.
-        command.append("cd ");
-        command.append(CONFIG_REPO_PATH);
         command.append("; ");
         command.append(createCommitAndPushString(configFileName, "Removed " + hostname, /* Perform push */ true));
-        command.append("'");
+        command.append("'; service httpd reload;"); // ' closes the su. The reload must be run as the root user.
         logger.info("Standard output from removing the re-direct for " + hostname
                 + " and reloading the Apache httpd server: "
                 + runCommandAndReturnStdoutAndStderr(command.toString(),