diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c75198a0..6d6b1613 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ celerybeat-schedule*
 dump.rdb
 debugpy*
 uwsgi.sock
+.uwsgi-reload
 package-lock.json
 models
 .idea
diff --git a/docker/uwsgi.debug.ini b/docker/uwsgi.debug.ini
index 6753d1a6..80f45ae8 100644
--- a/docker/uwsgi.debug.ini
+++ b/docker/uwsgi.debug.ini
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ ignore-write-errors = true
 disable-write-exception = true
 
 # Debugging settings
-py-autoreload = 1
+# Reload API workers: touch /app/.uwsgi-reload
+; py-autoreload = 1
+touch-workers-reload = /app/.uwsgi-reload
 honour-stdin = true
 
 # Environment variables