diff --git a/Repositories/otago_eprints3/Makefile b/Repositories/otago_eprints3/Makefile
index ce9e3e1..2b01fda 100755
--- a/Repositories/otago_eprints3/Makefile
+++ b/Repositories/otago_eprints3/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # EPRINTS_ROOT: /path/to/eprints/installation
 # EPRINTS_USER: the user that owns the EPrints directory
 # EPRINTS_GROUP: the group that owns the EPrints directory
-# APACHE_STOP: the command to stop Apache
-# APACHE_START: the command to start Apache
+# APACHE_RESTART: the command to restart Apache
 #
 # Used in archive XML configuration files
 # EPRINTS_HOST: eprints host name
@@ -51,7 +50,8 @@
 
 
 .PHONY: deploy generate_apacheconf import_subjects generate_static \
-	generate_abstracts generate_views restart_apache index stats
+	generate_abstracts generate_views reload_config restart_apache \
+	index #stats
 
 
 deploy: $(GENERATED_FILES)
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
 		--exclude='*.make' --exclude='*_src.*' \
 		--recursive --times . $(EPRINTS_ROOT)/archives > .del-rsync-output
 	@-grep $(ARCHIVE_NAME) .del-rsync-output
-	@-grep --quiet "cfg\\.d/\\(10_core\\)\\|\\(20_baseurls\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_apacheconf
-	@-grep --quiet "cfg/subjects" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) import_subjects
-	@-grep --quiet "cfg/\\(static\\|lang\\)/" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_static
-	@-grep --quiet "\\(cfg/subjects\\)\\|\\(cfg/citations\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_views
-	@-grep --quiet "\\(cfg\\.d/eprint_render\\)\\|\\(cfg/citations\\)\\|\\(document_formats\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_abstracts
-	@-grep --quiet "\\(\\.conf\\)\\|\\(\\.pl\\)\\|\\(\\.xml\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) restart_apache
+	@-grep -q "cfg\\.d/\\(10_core\\)\\|\\(20_baseurls\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_apacheconf
+	@-grep -q "cfg/subjects" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) import_subjects
+	@-grep -q "cfg/\\(static\\|lang\\)/" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_static
+	@-grep -q "\\(cfg/subjects\\)\\|\\(cfg/citations\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_views
+	@-grep -q "\\(cfg\\.d/eprint_render\\)\\|\\(cfg/citations\\)\\|\\(document_formats\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) generate_abstracts
+	@-grep -q "\\(\\.conf\\)\\|\\(\\.pl\\)\\|\\(\\.xml\\)" .del-rsync-output && $(MAKE) reload_config
 	@rm -f .del-rsync-output
 
 
@@ -105,13 +105,14 @@
 	@$(SUDO) $(BINDIR)/$@ $(ARCHIVE_NAME)
 
 
+reload_config:
+	@announce "Reloading configuration for $(ARCHIVE_NAME)..."
+	$(SUDO) $(BINDIR)/epadmin reload $(ARCHIVE_NAME)
+
+
 restart_apache:
-	@announce "Waiting for Apache to shut down..."
-	@sudo $(APACHE_STOP)
-	@while `pgrep "apache|httpd" > /dev/null`; do echo > /dev/null; done
-	@announce "Waiting for Apache to start up..."
-	@sudo $(APACHE_START)
-	@until `pgrep "apache|httpd" > /dev/null`; do echo > /dev/null; done
+	@announce "Restarting Apache..."
+	@sudo $(APACHE_RESTART)
 
 
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