diff --git a/nixos/syndicate-server.nix b/nixos/syndicate-server.nix
index 54498f9..6caf365 100644
--- a/nixos/syndicate-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/syndicate-server.nix
@@ -46,51 +46,62 @@ with lib;
 
   config = {
 
-    systemd.services = lib.attrsets.mapAttrs' (name: cfg: {
-      name = "syndicate-${name}";
-      value = let
-        flags = lib.strings.concatMapStrings (c: " --config ${c}") cfg.config;
-        serviceConfig = {
-          ExecStart =
-            "${cfg.package}/bin/syndicate-server --no-banner ${flags}";
-          User = cfg.user;
-        };
-      in if builtins.match "tty[0-9]" name != null then {
-        enable = true;
-        description = "Syndicate dataspace server";
-        after = [
-          "systemd-user-sessions.service"
-          "systemd-logind.service"
-          "getty@${name}.service"
-        ];
-        before = [ "graphical.target" ];
-        wants = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-logind.service" ];
-        wantedBy = [ "graphical.target" ];
-        conflicts = [ "getty@${name}.service" ];
-
-        restartIfChanged = false;
-        unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = "/dev/${name}";
-
-        serviceConfig = serviceConfig // {
-          PAMName = "login";
-          StandardError = "journal";
-          StandardInput = "tty-fail";
-          StandardOutput = "journal";
-          TTYPath = "/dev/${name}";
-          TTYReset = "yes";
-          TTYVHangup = "yes";
-          TTYVTDisallocate = "yes";
-          UtmpIdentifier = "%n";
-          UtmpMode = "user";
-          WorkingDirectory = "~";
-        };
-      } else {
-        description = "Syndicate dataspace server";
-        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-        inherit serviceConfig;
-      };
-    })
-      (lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (_: cfg: cfg.enable) config.services.syndicate);
+    systemd.services = let
+      serverCfgs =
+        lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (_: cfg: cfg.enable) config.services.syndicate;
+    in builtins.listToAttrs (lib.lists.flatten (lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList
+      (name: cfg:
+        let
+          configFileName = ".syndicate-nixos-config.pr";
+          configFile = pkgs.writeText configFileName
+            (lib.strings.concatMapStrings (dir: ''
+              <require-service <config-watcher "${dir}" $.>>
+            '') cfg.config);
+        in [{
+          name = "syndicate-${name}";
+          value = let
+            serviceConfig = let
+              linkConfig =
+                "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ln -sf ${configFile} ${configFileName}";
+            in {
+              ExecStartPre = linkConfig;
+              ExecStart =
+                "${cfg.package}/bin/syndicate-server --no-banner --config ${configFileName}";
+              ExecReload = linkConfig;
+              User = cfg.user;
+            };
+          in {
+            description = "Syndicate dataspace server";
+            restartIfChanged = false;
+            reloadTriggers = [ configFile ];
+            wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+          } // (if builtins.match "tty[0-9]" name == null then {
+            inherit serviceConfig;
+          } else {
+            after = [
+              "systemd-user-sessions.service"
+              "systemd-logind.service"
+              "getty@${name}.service"
+            ];
+            wants = [ "dbus.socket" "systemd-logind.service" ];
+            conflicts = [ "getty@${name}.service" ];
+            unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = "/dev/${name}";
+            serviceConfig = serviceConfig // {
+              PAMName = "login";
+              StandardError = "journal";
+              StandardInput = "tty-fail";
+              StandardOutput = "journal";
+              TTYPath = "/dev/${name}";
+              TTYReset = "yes";
+              TTYVHangup = "yes";
+              TTYVTDisallocate = "yes";
+              UtmpIdentifier = "%n";
+              UtmpMode = "user";
+              WorkingDirectory = "~";
+            };
+          });
+        }]) (lib.attrsets.filterAttrs (_: cfg: cfg.enable)
+          config.services.syndicate)));
 
     systemd.targets.multi-user.wants = lib.lists.flatten
       (lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList