diff --git a/gateway.py b/gateway.py
index a4273f6..c5a1175 100644
--- a/gateway.py
+++ b/gateway.py
@@ -237,6 +237,19 @@ class Gateway():
       print('timedout', flush=True)
     return False    
 
+  def reboot_device(self, wait_timeout = None):
+    try:
+      params = { 'client': 'web' }
+      res = requests.post(gw.apiurl + "xqsystem/reboot", params = params, timeout=self.timeout)
+      if res.text.find('"code":0') < 0:
+        return False
+      if wait_timeout:
+        if not self.wait_shutdown(wait_timeout):
+          return False
+      return True
+    except Exception as e:
+      return False
+
   #===============================================================================
   def shutdown(self):
     if self.use_ssh:
diff --git a/reboot.py b/reboot.py
index 01a52a1..75e1860 100644
--- a/reboot.py
+++ b/reboot.py
@@ -10,9 +10,20 @@ import gateway
 from gateway import die
 
 
-gw = gateway.Gateway()
+gw = gateway.Gateway(detect_ssh = False)
 
-print("Send command...")
-gw.run_cmd("reboot")
+ssh = gw.detect_ssh(verbose = 1, interactive = True)
+if ssh > 0:
+  print('Send command "reboot" via SSH ...')
+  gw.run_cmd("reboot")
+else:
+  if not gw.stok:
+    gw.web_login()
+  print('Send command "reboot" via WEB API ...')
+  if not gw.reboot_device():
+    die('Can\'t run reboot command.')
+
+if not gw.wait_shutdown(10):
+  die('The "reboot" command did not shutdown the device.')
 
 print("Reboot activated!")