diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index bfc125c..9473912 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ var http = require('http'),
 	_ = require('underscore'),
 	reader = require('./lib/reader'),
 	notifier = require('./lib/notifier'),
-	project = require('./lib/project');
+	project = require('./lib/project'),
+	chokidar = require('chokidar');
 
 var staticServer = new nodeStatic.Server('./static');
 var server = http.createServer(function(req, res, next) {
@@ -73,11 +74,64 @@ Steppy(
 		notifier.init(app.config.notify, this.slot());
 	},
 	function() {
+		// load all projects for the first time
 		project.loadAll(app.config.paths.projects, this.slot());
 	},
 	function(err, projects) {
+		// note that `app.projects` is live variable
 		app.projects = projects;
-		console.log('Loaded projects: ', _(projects).pluck('name'));
+		console.log('Loaded projects: ', _(app.projects).pluck('name'));
+
+		// start file watcher for reloading projects on change
+		var syncProject = function(filename, fileInfo) {
+			var baseDir = app.config.paths.projects,
+				projectName = path.relative(
+					baseDir,
+					path.dirname(filename)
+				);
+
+			var projectIndex = _(app.projects).findIndex(function(project) {
+				return project.name === projectName;
+			});
+
+			if (projectIndex !== -1) {
+				console.log('Unload project: "' + projectName + '"');
+				app.projects.splice(projectIndex, 1);
+			}
+
+			// on add or change (info is falsy on unlink)
+			if (fileInfo) {
+				console.log('Load project "' + projectName + '" on change');
+				project.load(baseDir, projectName, function(err, project) {
+					if (err) {
+						return console.error(
+							'Error during load project "' + projectName + '": ',
+							err.stack || err
+						);
+					}
+					app.projects.push(project);
+					console.log(
+						'Project "' + projectName + '" loaded:',
+						JSON.stringify(project, 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}
+		);
+		watcher.on('add', syncProject);
+		watcher.on('change', syncProject);
+		watcher.on('unlink', syncProject);
+
+		watcher.on('error', function(err) {
+			console.error('File watcher error occurred: ', err.stack || err);
+		});
 
 		// init resources
 		require('./resources')(app);
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 01ee8ca..6e3ff05 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ gulp.task('develop', function() {
 	return nodemon({
 		ignore: ['static/**/*.js', 'app/**/*.js', 'node_modules/**'],
 		script: 'app.js',
-		ext: 'js,json,yaml'
+		ext: 'js'
 	});
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/distributor.js b/lib/distributor.js
index 10a2012..53f2bf1 100644
--- a/lib/distributor.js
+++ b/lib/distributor.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function Distributor(params) {
 		callback(null, build);
 	};
 
-	self.projectsHash = _(params.projects).indexBy('name');
+	self.projects = params.projects;
 }
 
 inherits(Distributor, EventEmitter);
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ Distributor.prototype._onBuildComplete = function(err, build, callback) {
 				_(after).each(function(item) {
 					if (!item.status || item.status === build.status) {
 						self.run({
-							projectName: item.project
+							projectName: item.project,
+							initiator: {
+								type: 'build',
+								id: build.id,
+								number: build.number,
+								project: {name: build.project.name}
+							},
 						}, triggerAfterGroup.slot());
 					}
 				});
@@ -163,9 +169,10 @@ Distributor.prototype.run = function(params, callback) {
 		project;
 	Steppy(
 		function() {
-			project = self.projectsHash[params.projectName];
+			project = _(self.projects).findWhere({name: params.projectName});
 			self._updateBuild({}, {
 				project: project,
+				initiator: params.initiator,
 				params: params.params,
 				createDate: Date.now(),
 				status: 'queued',
diff --git a/lib/reader/json.js b/lib/reader/json.js
index 591ec95..a6c6e4f 100644
--- a/lib/reader/json.js
+++ b/lib/reader/json.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var inherits = require('util').inherits,
+var Steppy = require('twostep').Steppy,
+	inherits = require('util').inherits,
 	ParentReader = require('./base').Reader,
-	path = require('path');
+	path = require('path'),
+	fs = require('fs');
 
 
 function Reader() {
@@ -16,6 +18,14 @@ exports.Reader = Reader;
 Reader.prototype.ext = 'json';
 
 Reader.prototype._load = function(dir, name, callback) {
-	var content = require(path.join(dir, name + '.' + this.ext));
-	callback(null, content);
+	var self = this;
+	Steppy(
+		function() {
+			fs.readFile(path.join(dir, name + '.' + self.ext), 'utf8', this.slot())
+		},
+		function(err, content) {
+			this.pass(JSON.parse(content));
+		},
+		callback
+	);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4e79cb..fa52fae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/okv/nci",
   "dependencies": {
+    "chokidar": "1.0.3",
     "data.io": "0.3.0",
     "jade": "1.9.2",
     "js-yaml": "3.3.1",
diff --git a/resources/projects.js b/resources/projects.js
index fa5598c..b228a0d 100644
--- a/resources/projects.js
+++ b/resources/projects.js
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 	resource.use('run', function(req, res) {
 		var projectName = req.data.projectName;
 		console.log('Run the project: %s', projectName);
-		distributor.run({projectName: projectName}, function(err, build) {
+		distributor.run({
+			projectName: projectName,
+			initiator: {type: 'user'}
+		}, function(err, build) {
 			console.log('>>> err, build = ', err && err.stack || err, build);
 		});
 		res.send();
diff --git a/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade b/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
index 1251b17..274c85e 100644
--- a/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
+++ b/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 if this.state.build
 	h2
-		span Build #
+		span= this.state.build.project.name
+		span  build #
 		span= this.state.build.number
 
+	div
+		| Initiated by 
+		- var initiator = this.state.build.initiator;
+		if initiator.type === 'user'
+			span user
+		else if initiator.type === 'build'
+			span= initiator.project.name
+			span  build #
+			span= initiator.number
+
 	if this.state.build.startDate
 		div
 			| Started at 
diff --git a/test/distributor.js b/test/distributor.js
index 0d52980..5329710 100644
--- a/test/distributor.js
+++ b/test/distributor.js
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ describe('Distributor', function() {
 		it('build should be queued', function() {
 			var changes = updateBuildSpy.getCall(0).args[1];
 			expect(changes).only.have.keys(
-				'project', 'params', 'createDate', 'status', 'completed'
+				'project', 'initiator', 'params', 'createDate', 'status',
+				'completed'
 			);
 			expect(changes.status).equal('queued');
 			expect(changes.completed).equal(false);