diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/ExitRestartStrategy.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/ExitRestartStrategy.java
index e66b27d877..47811c4afe 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/ExitRestartStrategy.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/ExitRestartStrategy.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package sonia.scm.lifecycle;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import sonia.scm.config.WebappConfigProvider;
 
 /**
  * {@link RestartStrategy} which tears down the scm-manager context and
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ class ExitRestartStrategy extends RestartStrategy {
 
   @Override
   protected void executeRestart(InjectionContext context) {
-    LOG.warn("exit scm-manager with exit code {}", 0);
-    System.exit(0);
+    Integer exitCode = WebappConfigProvider.resolveAsInteger("restart.exitCode").orElse(0);
+    LOG.warn("exit scm-manager with exit code {}", exitCode);
+    System.exit(exitCode);
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactory.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactory.java
index e4a79ae1ef..6ff524cc15 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactory.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactory.java
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ package sonia.scm.lifecycle;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import sonia.scm.Platform;
+import sonia.scm.config.WebappConfigProvider;
 import sonia.scm.util.SystemUtil;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 final class RestartStrategyFactory {
 
   /**
    * System property to load a specific restart strategy.
    */
-  static final String PROPERTY_STRATEGY = "sonia.scm.lifecycle.restart-strategy";
+  static final String RESTART_STRATEGY = "restart.strategy";
 
   /**
    * No restart supported.
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ final class RestartStrategyFactory {
 
   private final Platform platform;
   private final Map<String, String> environment;
-  private final Properties systemProperties;
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  RestartStrategyFactory(Platform platform, Map<String, String> environment, Properties systemProperties) {
+  RestartStrategyFactory(Platform platform, Map<String, String> environment) {
     this.platform = platform;
     this.environment = environment;
-    this.systemProperties = systemProperties;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -64,28 +62,27 @@ final class RestartStrategyFactory {
   static RestartStrategy create(ClassLoader webAppClassLoader) {
     RestartStrategyFactory factory = new RestartStrategyFactory(
       SystemUtil.getPlatform(),
-      System.getenv(),
-      System.getProperties()
+      System.getenv()
     );
     return factory.fromClassLoader(webAppClassLoader);
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   RestartStrategy fromClassLoader(ClassLoader webAppClassLoader) {
-    String property = systemProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_STRATEGY);
-    if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(property)) {
+    String strategy = WebappConfigProvider.resolveAsString(RESTART_STRATEGY).orElse(null);
+    if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(strategy)) {
       return forPlatform();
     }
-    return fromProperty(webAppClassLoader, property);
+    return forStrategy(webAppClassLoader, strategy);
   }
 
-  private RestartStrategy fromProperty(ClassLoader webAppClassLoader, String property) {
-    if (STRATEGY_NONE.equalsIgnoreCase(property)) {
+  private RestartStrategy forStrategy(ClassLoader webAppClassLoader, String strategy) {
+    if (STRATEGY_NONE.equalsIgnoreCase(strategy)) {
       return null;
-    } else if (ExitRestartStrategy.NAME.equalsIgnoreCase(property)) {
+    } else if (ExitRestartStrategy.NAME.equalsIgnoreCase(strategy)) {
       return new ExitRestartStrategy();
     } else {
-      return fromClassName(property, webAppClassLoader);
+      return fromClassName(strategy, webAppClassLoader);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/DefaultRestarterTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/DefaultRestarterTest.java
index 1f58479532..37cb41a353 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/DefaultRestarterTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/DefaultRestarterTest.java
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ class DefaultRestarterTest {
 
   @Test
   void shouldLoadStrategyOnCreation() {
-    System.setProperty(RestartStrategyFactory.PROPERTY_STRATEGY, ExitRestartStrategy.NAME);
+    System.setProperty(RestartStrategyFactory.RESTART_STRATEGY, ExitRestartStrategy.NAME);
     try {
       DefaultRestarter restarter = new DefaultRestarter();
       assertThat(restarter.isSupported()).isTrue();
     } finally {
-      System.clearProperty(RestartStrategyFactory.PROPERTY_STRATEGY);
+      System.clearProperty(RestartStrategyFactory.RESTART_STRATEGY);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactoryTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactoryTest.java
index 9cf563b676..faa2e0d4fc 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactoryTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/lifecycle/RestartStrategyFactoryTest.java
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import sonia.scm.Platform;
+import sonia.scm.config.WebappConfigProvider;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
@@ -123,12 +124,12 @@ class RestartStrategyFactoryTest {
   }
 
   private static Builder builder() {
+    WebappConfigProvider.setConfigBindings(Collections.emptyMap());
     return new Builder();
   }
 
   private static class Builder {
 
-    private final Properties properties = new Properties();
     private final Map<String, String> environment = new HashMap<>();
     private Platform platform = new Platform("Linux", "64Bit", "x64");
 
@@ -137,11 +138,11 @@ class RestartStrategyFactoryTest {
     }
 
     public Builder withStrategy(String strategy) {
-      return withProperty(RestartStrategyFactory.PROPERTY_STRATEGY, strategy);
+      return withConfig(strategy);
     }
 
-    public Builder withProperty(String key, String value) {
-      properties.setProperty(key, value);
+    private Builder withConfig(String strategy) {
+      WebappConfigProvider.setConfigBindings(Map.of(RestartStrategyFactory.RESTART_STRATEGY, strategy));
       return this;
     }
 
@@ -156,9 +157,7 @@ class RestartStrategyFactoryTest {
     }
 
     public RestartStrategyFactory create() {
-      return new RestartStrategyFactory(platform, environment, properties);
+      return new RestartStrategyFactory(platform, environment);
     }
-
   }
-
 }