diff --git a/master.c b/master.c
index ef93b7ae..05489c4b 100644
--- a/master.c
+++ b/master.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,9 @@ void master_loop(char **argv, char **environ) {
                         }
 
 
-		uwsgi_log( "DAMN ! process %d died :( trying respawn ...\n", diedpid);
+		if (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].manage_next_request) {
+			uwsgi_log( "DAMN ! worker %d (pid: %d) died :( trying respawn ...\n", uwsgi.mywid, (int)diedpid);
+		}
 		gettimeofday(&last_respawn, NULL);
 		if (last_respawn.tv_sec == uwsgi.respawn_delta) {
 			uwsgi_log( "worker respawning too fast !!! i have to sleep a bit...\n");
@@ -1087,28 +1089,9 @@ void master_loop(char **argv, char **environ) {
 			uwsgi_error("fork()");
 		}
 		else {
-			uwsgi_log( "Respawned uWSGI worker (new pid: %d)\n", pid);
-			//close(uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].pipe[1]);
-			//event_queue_add_fd_read(uwsgi.master_queue, uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].pipe[0]);
-#ifdef UWSGI_SPOOLER
-			if (uwsgi.mywid <= 0 && diedpid != uwsgi.shared->spooler_pid) {
-#else
-				if (uwsgi.mywid <= 0) {
-#endif
-
-#ifdef UWSGI_PROXY
-			// TODO if no gateway span the error !!!
-			if (diedpid != uwsgi.shared->proxy_pid) {
-#endif
-						uwsgi_log( "warning the died pid was not in the workers list. Probably you hit a BUG of uWSGI\n");
-#ifdef UWSGI_PROXY
-					}
-#endif
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-
+			uwsgi_log( "Respawned uWSGI worker %d (new pid: %d)\n", uwsgi.mywid, (int) pid);
 		}
 
 	}
+}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/python/pyloader.c b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
index 7a5a4785..75760de7 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyloader.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ int init_uwsgi_app(int loader, void *arg1, struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, PyThre
 		wi->interpreter = up.main_thread;
 	}
 
+	if (wsgi_req->touch_reload_len) {
+		struct stat trst;
+		char *touch_reload = uwsgi_strncopy(wsgi_req->touch_reload, wsgi_req->touch_reload_len);
+		if (!stat(touch_reload, &trst)) {
+			wi->touch_reload = touch_reload;
+			wi->touch_reload_mtime = trst.st_mtime;
+		}
+	}
 
 	wi->callable = up.loaders[loader](arg1);
 
diff --git a/protocol.c b/protocol.c
index 45e02c55..1b9f3cc4 100644
--- a/protocol.c
+++ b/protocol.c
@@ -516,6 +516,14 @@ int uwsgi_parse_vars(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
 							wsgi_req->chdir = ptrbuf;
 							wsgi_req->chdir_len = strsize;
 						}
+						else if (!uwsgi_strncmp("UWSGI_FILE", 10, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_base, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_len)) {
+							wsgi_req->file = ptrbuf;
+							wsgi_req->file_len = strsize;
+						}
+						else if (!uwsgi_strncmp("UWSGI_TOUCH_RELOAD", 18, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_base, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_len)) {
+							wsgi_req->touch_reload = ptrbuf;
+							wsgi_req->touch_reload_len = strsize;
+						}
 						else if (!uwsgi_strncmp("UWSGI_SETENV", 12, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_base, wsgi_req->hvec[wsgi_req->var_cnt].iov_len)) {
 							char *env_value = memchr(ptrbuf, '=', strsize);
 							if (env_value) {
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 677655c2..e89a0c4e 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ char *uwsgi_strncopy(char *s, int len) {
 int uwsgi_get_app_id(char *script_name, int script_name_len, int modifier1) {
 
 	int i;
+	struct stat st;
 
 	for(i=0;i<uwsgi.apps_cnt;i++) {
 		//uwsgi_log("searching for %.*s in %.*s %p\n", script_name_len, script_name, uwsgi.apps[i].mountpoint_len, uwsgi.apps[i].mountpoint, uwsgi.apps[i].callable);
@@ -948,6 +949,15 @@ int uwsgi_get_app_id(char *script_name, int script_name_len, int modifier1) {
 			continue;
 		}	
 		if (!uwsgi_strncmp(uwsgi.apps[i].mountpoint, uwsgi.apps[i].mountpoint_len, script_name, script_name_len)) {
+			if (uwsgi.apps[i].touch_reload) {
+				if (!stat(uwsgi.apps[i].touch_reload, &st)) {
+					if (st.st_mtime != uwsgi.apps[i].touch_reload_mtime) {
+						// serve the new request and reload
+						uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].manage_next_request = 0;
+						return -1;	
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			if (modifier1 == -1) return i;
 			if (modifier1 == uwsgi.apps[i].modifier1) return i;
 		}
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 26b70c52..8f7a5c69 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ struct uwsgi_app {
 	int             requests;
 	char           *chdir;
 
+	char		*touch_reload;
+	time_t		touch_reload_mtime;
+
 };
 
 
@@ -643,6 +646,9 @@ struct wsgi_request {
 	char           *chdir;
 	uint16_t        chdir_len;
 
+	char           *touch_reload;
+	uint16_t        touch_reload_len;
+
 	int             fd_closed;
 
 	int             sendfile_fd;