# Force designer to read from projects on server on command

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [April 28, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-designer-to-read-from-projects-on-server-on-command/59012 "2022-04-28T18:33:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-designer-to-read-from-projects-on-server-on-command/59012/3 "2023-05-22T21:34:52Z")

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> [@\[IGN-1655\]Force to reload the file page-config/config.json after editing it from disk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1655-force-to-reload-the-file-page-config-config-json-after-editing-it-from-disk/64908/5):
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> May's still 'early', right? wink 8.1.28 will add the system.project.scan method noted above, in the gateway scope. There's also an SDK-accessible requestScan method that returns a CompletableFuture on ProjectManagerBase if you want to do anything interesting from a custom module.

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