# Reload if modification time changes in config files
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556 "2016-07-14T18:36:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lightkz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lightkz)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556/1 "2016-07-14T18:36:15Z")
Does filebeat process would be able to see changes in config files and reload with new settings without restarting process?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556/2 "2016-07-15T04:37:11Z")
Not at the moment.
Feel free to raise a feature request if you would like to see it 🙂
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### Author:  [@lightkz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lightkz)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556/3 "2016-07-15T11:16:23Z")
Thank you Mark!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reload-if-modification-time-changes-in-config-files/55556/4 "2016-08-04T18:36:23Z")
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