# Kong 1.4.0, kong reload not work **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [December 20, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-1-4-0-kong-reload-not-work/5188 "2019-12-20T06:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elvisli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elvisli](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/elvisli)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-1-4-0-kong-reload-not-work/5188/1 "2019-12-20T06:50:14Z")
It may not always work after I modify the lua code and run kong reload. ---
**Author:** ![hbagdi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/hbagdi/32/562_2.png) [@hbagdi](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/hbagdi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-1-4-0-kong-reload-not-work/5188/2 "2019-12-20T17:30:51Z")
Not sure if this is helpful, but I usually restart Kong when I’m working on the Lua code. ---
**Author:** ![elvisli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elvisli](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/elvisli)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-1-4-0-kong-reload-not-work/5188/3 "2019-12-27T02:42:11Z")
Kong restart will drop the connections in the process, so how can I make the kong reload to take effect 100%? ---
**Author:** ![hbagdi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/hbagdi/32/562_2.png) [@hbagdi](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/hbagdi)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/kong-1-4-0-kong-reload-not-work/5188/4 "2019-12-27T16:38:00Z")
I might have read you comment wrong but you are editing the Lua file during development, right? I’m not sure why dropping connections is a problem here.