diff --git a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql_run.sh.j2 b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql_run.sh.j2
index cbb8739d15..cb4cf99467 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql_run.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/loadbalancer/templates/proxysql/proxysql_run.sh.j2
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ PROXYSQL_LOG_FILE="/var/log/kolla/proxysql/proxysql.log"
 
 proxysql \
     --idle-threads \
+    --reload \
     --no-version-check -f -c /etc/proxysql.cnf >> ${PROXYSQL_LOG_FILE} 2>&1