diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 2e3f143..4579d0c 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ Steppy(
 
 		notifier.init(app.config.notify, this.slot());
 
-		require('./projectsWatcher').init(app, this.slot());
-
 		// init resources
 		require('./resources')(app);
 	},
diff --git a/data/config.yaml b/data/config.yaml
index 1700166..4d839af 100644
--- a/data/config.yaml
+++ b/data/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-# plugins:
+plugins:
+    - nci-projects-reloader
 #     - nci-mail-notification
 #     - nci-jabber-notification
 #     - nci-scheduler
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50004ce..80973b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/node-ci/nci",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chokidar": "1.0.3",
     "colors": "1.1.2",
     "data.io": "0.3.0",
     "nlevel": "1.0.3",
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
     "main-bower-files": "2.7.0",
     "memdown": "1.1.0",
     "mocha": "1.18.2",
+    "nci-projects-reloader": "0.1.1",
     "nci-yaml-reader": "0.1.0",
     "nodemon": "1.3.7",
     "nrun": "0.1.4",
diff --git a/projectsWatcher.js b/projectsWatcher.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 77aa1a7..0000000
--- a/projectsWatcher.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var _ = require('underscore'),
-	path = require('path'),
-	chokidar = require('chokidar');
-
-exports.init = function(app, callback) {
-	var logger = app.lib.logger('projects watcher');
-
-	// start file watcher for reloading projects on change
-	var syncProject = function(filename, fileInfo) {
-		var projectName = path.relative(
-			app.config.paths.projects,
-			path.dirname(filename)
-		);
-
-		if (app.projects.get(projectName)) {
-			logger.log('Unload project: "' + projectName + '"');
-			app.projects.unload(projectName);
-		}
-
-		// on add or change (info is falsy on unlink)
-		if (fileInfo) {
-			logger.log('Load project "' + projectName + '" on change');
-			app.projects.load(projectName, function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return logger.error(
-						'Error during load project "' + projectName + '": ',
-						err.stack || err
-					);
-				}
-				logger.log(
-					'Project "' + projectName + '" loaded:',
-					JSON.stringify(app.projects.get(projectName), null, 4)
-				);
-			});
-		}
-	};
-
-	// NOTE: currently after add remove and then add same file events will
-	// not be emitted
-	var watcher = chokidar.watch(
-		path.join(app.config.paths.projects, '*', 'config.*'),
-		{ignoreInitial: true, depth: 1}
-	);
-	watcher.on('add', syncProject);
-	watcher.on('change', syncProject);
-	watcher.on('unlink', syncProject);
-
-	watcher.on('error', function(err) {
-		logger.error('File watcher error occurred: ', err.stack || err);
-	});
-
-	callback();
-};