diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb183f2..330065c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # orchestrator
 
+## 2.1.1
+Make orchestrator reload config upon changes
+
 ## 2.1.0
 * use build-essential to install gcc,make, etc
 * rubocop (.rubocop.yml added and files corrected)
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 2c69386..3aaaf59 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 source_url 'https://github.com/silviabotros/chef-orchestrator'
 issues_url 'https://github.com/silviabotros/chef-orchestrator/issues'
 chef_version '>= 12.5.0'
-version '2.1.0'
+version '2.1.1'
 
 depends 'apt'
 depends 'build-essential'
diff --git a/recipes/_database_setup.rb b/recipes/_database_setup.rb
index 414ea8f..ad24b90 100644
--- a/recipes/_database_setup.rb
+++ b/recipes/_database_setup.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-include_recipe 'build-essential'
+include_recipe 'build-essential::default'
 include_recipe 'percona::server'
 include_recipe 'percona::client'
 
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 3584a1b..5f5290b 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 file '/etc/orchestrator.conf.json' do
   sensitive true
   content JSON.pretty_generate(node['orchestrator']['config'])
+  notifies :reload, 'service[orchestrator]'
 end
 
 # clean up config from legacy config path