diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-check
index 74718e192..84f72bb72 100644
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-salt-minion-check
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ if [ $CURRENT_TIME -ge $((SYSTEM_START_TIME+$UPTIME_REQ))  ]; then
     log "last highstate completed at `date -d @$LAST_HIGHSTATE_END`" I
     log "checking if any jobs are running" I
     logCmd "salt-call --local saltutil.running" I
-    log "stopping salt-minion service" I
-    logCmd "timeout -k10 -s9 120 systemctl stop salt-minion" I
-    log "killing any leftover salt-minion processes" I
+    log "killing all salt-minion processes" I
     logCmd "pkill -9 -ef /usr/bin/salt-minion" I
     log "starting salt-minion service" I
     logCmd "systemctl start salt-minion" I
diff --git a/salt/salt/minion-check.sls b/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
index d8dc4c418..e8a0c2639 100644
--- a/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/minion-check.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+include:
+  - salt.minion-state-apply-test
+  
 state-apply-test:
   schedule.present:
     - name: salt-minion-state-apply-test
diff --git a/salt/salt/minion-state-apply-test.sls b/salt/salt/minion-state-apply-test.sls
index 4da77419b..9d7e90e63 100644
--- a/salt/salt/minion-state-apply-test.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/minion-state-apply-test.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 minion-state-apply-test:
   file.touch:
-    - name: /opt/so/log/salt/state-apply-test
\ No newline at end of file
+    - name: /opt/so/log/salt/state-apply-test
+    - order: first
\ No newline at end of file