# \[IGN-1655\]Force to reload the file page-config/config.json after editing it from disk **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [October 6, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1655-force-to-reload-the-file-page-config-config-json-after-editing-it-from-disk/64908 "2022-10-06T16:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1655-force-to-reload-the-file-page-config-config-json-after-editing-it-from-disk/64908/2 "2022-10-06T16:13:48Z")
Not cleanly, no. We'd like to introduce a demand-poll mechanism, somehow, but we haven't decided on what that will look like yet. See also: this thread: > [@Controlling project file scanning without restarting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/controlling-project-file-scanning-without-restarting/42633): > > I know (at least as of 8.1) you can reconfigure the scan rate at startup time with the ignition.projects.scanFrequency definition in your ignition.conf file, but is there a way to temporarily pause scanning just while doing some external operation that might temporarily put the projects directories in a weird state? I’m looking for some way to do some git commands without having to stop or restart the server, and only have it scan and use the new files once I have had a chance to validate the g… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1655-force-to-reload-the-file-page-config-config-json-after-editing-it-from-disk/64908)._