# Error when reloading prospectors for filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-reloading-prospectors-for-filebeat/83082>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-reloading-prospectors-for-filebeat/83082 "2017-04-20T15:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-reloading-prospectors-for-filebeat/83082/8 "2017-04-27T13:20:32Z")

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I opened [https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4128](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4128) with a potential fix. I still need to add tests and check it in some more details.

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