# Filebeat prospectors autoreload not working

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-autoreload-not-working/141815
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-autoreload-not-working/141815 "2018-07-26T15:58:27Z")
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#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-autoreload-not-working/141815/2 "2018-07-26T20:44:49Z")

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Hello @Eshwar_Kumar, I think there is a small problem with your configuration if you look at the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.3/_live_reloading.html).

I would remove the following:

```auto
filebeat.config:
  prospectors:
    enabled: true
    path: C:\ELK\filebeat-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\*.yml
    reload.enabled: true
    reload.period: 10s

```

and replace it with

```auto
filebeat.config.inputs:
  enabled: true
  path: C:\ELK\filebeat-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\*.yml
  reload.enabled: true
  reload.period: 10s

```

After you just create a new file in the reloading path, that file must have a `yml` extension. In the file you just define the prospector.

```auto
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
    - C:\ELK\filebeat-6.1.1-windows-x86_64\*.log

  fields:
    level: error

```

See the [load external configuration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.3/filebeat-configuration-reloading.html) documentation for more details.

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