diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index d6194bc9..f75023c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -737,11 +737,11 @@ async fn command_reopen_logfiles() -> Result<(), Error> {
     // only care about the most recent daemon instance for each, proxy & api, as other older ones
     // should not respond to new requests anyway, but only finish their current one and then exit.
     let sock = server::our_ctrl_sock();
-    let f1 = server::send_command(sock, "{\"command\":\"api-access-log-reopen\"}\n");
+    let f1 = server::send_raw_command(sock, "{\"command\":\"api-access-log-reopen\"}\n");
 
     let pid = server::read_pid(buildcfg::PROXMOX_BACKUP_API_PID_FN)?;
     let sock = server::ctrl_sock_from_pid(pid);
-    let f2 = server::send_command(sock, "{\"command\":\"api-access-log-reopen\"}\n");
+    let f2 = server::send_raw_command(sock, "{\"command\":\"api-access-log-reopen\"}\n");
 
     match futures::join!(f1, f2) {
         (Err(e1), Err(e2)) => Err(format_err!("reopen commands failed, proxy: {}; api: {}", e1, e2)),