diff --git a/src/MicroService.cpp b/src/MicroService.cpp
index be06fac..949780a 100644
--- a/src/MicroService.cpp
+++ b/src/MicroService.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,37 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 		return Res;
 	}
 
+    void MicroService::LoadConfigurationFile() {
+	    std::string Location = Poco::Environment::get(DAEMON_CONFIG_ENV_VAR,".");
+	    Poco::Path ConfigFile;
+
+	    ConfigFile = ConfigFileName_.empty() ? Location + "/" + DAEMON_PROPERTIES_FILENAME : ConfigFileName_;
+
+	    if(!ConfigFile.isFile())
+	    {
+	        std::cerr << DAEMON_APP_NAME << ": Configuration "
+	        << ConfigFile.toString() << " does not seem to exist. Please set " + DAEMON_CONFIG_ENV_VAR
+	        + " env variable the path of the " + DAEMON_PROPERTIES_FILENAME + " file." << std::endl;
+	        std::exit(Poco::Util::Application::EXIT_CONFIG);
+	    }
+
+	    loadConfiguration(ConfigFile.toString());
+	}
+
+    void MicroService::Reload() {
+	    std::string KeyFile = ConfigPath("openwifi.service.key");
+	    std::string KeyFilePassword = ConfigPath("openwifi.service.key.password" , "" );
+	    AppKey_ = Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::Crypto::RSAKey>(new Poco::Crypto::RSAKey("", KeyFile, KeyFilePassword));
+	    Cipher_ = CipherFactory_.createCipher(*AppKey_);
+	    ID_ = Utils::GetSystemId();
+	    if(!DebugMode_)
+	        DebugMode_ = ConfigGetBool("openwifi.system.debug",false);
+	    MyPrivateEndPoint_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.private");
+	    MyPublicEndPoint_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.public");
+	    UIURI_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.ui");
+	    MyHash_ = CreateHash(MyPublicEndPoint_);
+	}
+
 	void MicroService::initialize(Poco::Util::Application &self) {
 		// add the default services
 		SubSystems_.push_back(KafkaManager());
@@ -164,11 +195,12 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 		Poco::Net::HTTPSStreamFactory::registerFactory();
 		Poco::Net::FTPStreamFactory::registerFactory();
 		Poco::Net::FTPSStreamFactory::registerFactory();
-		std::string Location = Poco::Environment::get(DAEMON_CONFIG_ENV_VAR,".");
+
+		LoadConfigurationFile();
+
+/*		std::string Location = Poco::Environment::get(DAEMON_CONFIG_ENV_VAR,".");
 		Poco::Path ConfigFile;
-
 		ConfigFile = ConfigFileName_.empty() ? Location + "/" + DAEMON_PROPERTIES_FILENAME : ConfigFileName_;
-
 		if(!ConfigFile.isFile())
 		{
 			std::cerr << DAEMON_APP_NAME << ": Configuration "
@@ -176,10 +208,10 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 												  + " env variable the path of the " + DAEMON_PROPERTIES_FILENAME + " file." << std::endl;
 			std::exit(Poco::Util::Application::EXIT_CONFIG);
 		}
-
-		static const char * LogFilePathKey = "logging.channels.c2.path";
-
 		loadConfiguration(ConfigFile.toString());
+*/
+
+        static const char * LogFilePathKey = "logging.channels.c2.path";
 
 		if(LogDir_.empty()) {
 			std::string OriginalLogFileValue = ConfigPath(LogFilePathKey);
@@ -187,6 +219,7 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 		} else {
 			config().setString(LogFilePathKey, LogDir_);
 		}
+
 		Poco::File	DataDir(ConfigPath("openwifi.system.data"));
 		DataDir_ = DataDir.path();
 		if(!DataDir.exists()) {
@@ -196,17 +229,9 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 				logger().log(E);
 			}
 		}
-		std::string KeyFile = ConfigPath("openwifi.service.key");
-		std::string KeyFilePassword = ConfigPath("openwifi.service.key.password" , "" );
-		AppKey_ = Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::Crypto::RSAKey>(new Poco::Crypto::RSAKey("", KeyFile, KeyFilePassword));
-		Cipher_ = CipherFactory_.createCipher(*AppKey_);
-		ID_ = Utils::GetSystemId();
-		if(!DebugMode_)
-			DebugMode_ = ConfigGetBool("openwifi.system.debug",false);
-		MyPrivateEndPoint_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.private");
-		MyPublicEndPoint_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.public");
-		UIURI_ = ConfigGetString("openwifi.system.uri.ui");
-		MyHash_ = CreateHash(MyPublicEndPoint_);
+
+		Reload();
+
 		InitializeSubSystemServers();
 		ServerApplication::initialize(self);
 
diff --git a/src/MicroService.h b/src/MicroService.h
index 07e8460..db4cb3e 100644
--- a/src/MicroService.h
+++ b/src/MicroService.h
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
 		static inline uint64_t GetPID() { return Poco::Process::id(); };
 		[[nodiscard]] inline const std::string GetPublicAPIEndPoint() { return MyPublicEndPoint_ + "/api/v1"; };
 		[[nodiscard]] inline const std::string & GetUIURI() const { return UIURI_;};
-		void Reload(const std::string &Name);
+
+		void Reload(const std::string &Name);   //  reload a subsystem
+		void Reload();                          //  reload the daemon itself
+
+		void LoadConfigurationFile();
 
 	  private:
 		bool                        HelpRequested_ = false;
diff --git a/src/RESTAPI_server.cpp b/src/RESTAPI_server.cpp
index 6dc3a9d..b02b7fa 100644
--- a/src/RESTAPI_server.cpp
+++ b/src/RESTAPI_server.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ namespace OpenWifi {
     }
 
     void RESTAPI_server::reinitialize(Poco::Util::Application &self) {
+        Daemon()->LoadConfigurationFile();
         std::cout << "TESTER: " << Daemon()->ConfigGetString("tester") << std::endl;
         Logger_.information("Reinitializing.");
         Stop();
diff --git a/test_scripts/curl/cli b/test_scripts/curl/cli
index 6720869..6a28462 100755
--- a/test_scripts/curl/cli
+++ b/test_scripts/curl/cli
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ systeminfo() {
 }
 
 reloadsubsystem() {
-    payload="{ \"command\" : \"reload\", \"subsystems\" : [ \"OUIServer\" , \"CommandManager\" ] }"
+    payload="{ \"command\" : \"reload\", \"subsystems\" : [ \"$1\" ] }"
             curl  ${FLAGS} -X POST "https://${OWPROV}/api/v1/system" \
             -H  "accept: application/json" \
             -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" \
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ case "$1" in
     "getloglevels") login; getloglevels; logout ;;
     "getloglevelnames") login; getloglevelnames; logout ;;
     "getsubsystemnames") login; getsubsystemnames; logout ;;
-    "reloadsubsystem") login; reloadsubsystem; logout ;;
+    "reloadsubsystem") login; reloadsubsystem "$2"; logout ;;
     "systeminfo") login; systeminfo ; logout;;
     *) help ;;
 esac