# Configuration reloading can't be used with 'config.string' (-e)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-reloading-cant-be-used-with-config-string-e/271576
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-reloading-cant-be-used-with-config-string-e/271576 "2021-04-29T00:52:21Z")
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### Author:  [@PAVAN\_KUMAR\_REDDY\_GP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PAVAN_KUMAR_REDDY_GP)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-reloading-cant-be-used-with-config-string-e/271576/1 "2021-04-29T00:52:21Z")
Hi Team,
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Getting an error " Configuration reloading can't be used with 'config.string' (-e)" while running logstash with below command. I tried testing the command in logstash version 7.6.2 and 7.9.2 . Can you please provide me solution for this issue.
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logstash -e "input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }"
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-reloading-cant-be-used-with-config-string-e/271576/2 "2021-04-29T01:10:00Z")
> [@PAVAN\_KUMAR\_REDDY\_GP](#):
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> `Configuration reloading can't be used with 'config.string' (-e)`
That is the exact error message you will get if you run logstash with both the -r and -e options. You cannot use both, as documented [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/reloading-config.html#reloading-config).
If you run with --log.level debug do you see a message
```
[DEBUG][logstash.runner] config.reload.automatic: false
```
or is it true?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-reloading-cant-be-used-with-config-string-e/271576/3 "2021-05-27T01:10:50Z")
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