diff --git a/core/archive_util.js b/core/archive_util.js
index 47291860..86bb7ce7 100644
--- a/core/archive_util.js
+++ b/core/archive_util.js
@@ -50,17 +50,17 @@ module.exports = class ArchiveUtil {
     }
 
     //  singleton access
-    static getInstance(noWatch = false) {
+    static getInstance(hotReload = true) {
         if(!archiveUtil) {
             archiveUtil = new ArchiveUtil();
-            archiveUtil.init(noWatch);
+            archiveUtil.init(hotReload);
         }
         return archiveUtil;
     }
 
-    init(noWatch = false) {
+    init(hotReload = true) {
         this.reloadConfig();
-        if(!noWatch) {
+        if(hotReload) {
             Events.on(Events.getSystemEvents().ConfigChanged, () => {
                 this.reloadConfig();
             });
diff --git a/core/config_cache.js b/core/config_cache.js
index 62c6bb55..631fb5f1 100644
--- a/core/config_cache.js
+++ b/core/config_cache.js
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
 //  deps
-const paths             = require('path');
-const fs                = require('graceful-fs');
-const hjson             = require('hjson');
-const sane              = require('sane');
+const paths     = require('path');
+const fs        = require('graceful-fs');
+const hjson     = require('hjson');
+const sane      = require('sane');
+const _         = require('lodash');
 
 module.exports = new class ConfigCache
 {
@@ -14,12 +15,13 @@ module.exports = new class ConfigCache
     }
 
     getConfigWithOptions(options, cb) {
+        options.hotReload = _.get(options, 'hotReload', true);
         const cached = this.cache.has(options.filePath);
 
         if(options.forceReCache || !cached) {
             this.recacheConfigFromFile(options.filePath, (err, config) => {
                 if(!err && !cached) {
-                    if(!options.noWatch) {
+                    if(options.hotReload) {
                         const watcher = sane(
                             paths.dirname(options.filePath),
                             {
diff --git a/core/oputil/oputil_common.js b/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
index e1d6c962..ae63fa2a 100644
--- a/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
+++ b/core/oputil/oputil_common.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function getConfigPath() {
 function initConfig(cb) {
     const configPath = getConfigPath();
 
-    config.init(configPath, { keepWsc : true, noWatch : true }, cb);
+    config.init(configPath, { keepWsc : true, hotReload : false }, cb);
 }
 
 function initConfigAndDatabases(cb) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function initConfigAndDatabases(cb) {
             },
             function initArchiveUtil(callback) {
                 //  ensure we init ArchiveUtil without events
-                require('../../core/archive_util').getInstance(true);  //  true=noWatch
+                require('../../core/archive_util').getInstance(false);  //  false=hotReload
                 return callback(null);
             }
         ],