# Website in local host is not being updated when I reload my browser tab (Ubuntu 18.4)

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811 "2020-08-04T18:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![bioinformaticsguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bioinformaticsguy/32/3411_2.png) [@bioinformaticsguy](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bioinformaticsguy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811/1 "2020-08-04T18:26:38Z")

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So whenever I make any changes like I changed the title in \_config.yml file and try to see the changes by reloading the page in the browser the website never gets updated even with a hard reload ctrl + shift + R.

However, if I stop the server from the terminal by using the ctrl + c command and then again start the server by bundle exec Jekyll serve command then I can see the changes that I have made in the website. So, now I have to stop the server and then start the server again every-time I need to see changes in my website.

I am extremely new to Jekyll, so that is why this might be a stupid question but please help me resolving this issue as a welcome to Jekyll community! 🙂

Please see the screenshot attached below for your reference!

 ![Screenshot from 2020-08-04 23-18-38](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/5/58c2d3f921a2756468cfd1eefa18f8e1ae6581f4.png)

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811/2 "2020-08-04T18:50:35Z")

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correct - jekyll does not watch the config file so you have to stop and restart to see any changes there.

and Welcome!

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811/3 "2020-08-04T18:52:13Z")

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if you use Gulp you can set it up to watch it and rebuild on changes to the config or any other file, but it can be a little complicated.

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**Author:** ![bioinformaticsguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/bioinformaticsguy/32/3411_2.png) [@bioinformaticsguy](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/bioinformaticsguy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811/4 "2020-08-04T19:08:31Z")

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Thanks a lot for your help!!

Yes, I had gulp installed previously. I deleted it considering gulp being the culprit of my frustration 😃

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**Author:** ![roadiereloaded](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/roadiereloaded/32/2431_2.png) [@roadiereloaded](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/roadiereloaded)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/website-in-local-host-is-not-being-updated-when-i-reload-my-browser-tab-ubuntu-18-4/4811/5 "2020-08-05T08:00:25Z")

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fwiw - I found this watch.rb script useful:

> <https://gist.github.com/igable/8013853>