# Starting watches from a file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 16, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-watches-from-a-file/78931 "2017-03-16T20:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seanziee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seanziee/32/45151_2.png) [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-watches-from-a-file/78931/1 "2017-03-16T20:48:54Z")
Is it possible to start a set of watches from a config file? I have about 10 watches that I'd like to implement, and it would be more organized if I could see them all in a config file rather than adding them through the Kibana API. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-watches-from-a-file/78931/2 "2017-03-17T00:52:28Z")
We've removed the ability to read application configs from disk as they are a security risk, so you cannot do this./ ---
**Author:** ![seanziee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seanziee/32/45151_2.png) [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-watches-from-a-file/78931/3 "2017-03-17T09:02:24Z")
Ok thanks, too bad. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-watches-from-a-file/78931/4 "2017-04-14T09:02:37Z")
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