diff -up cronie-1.2/src/database.c.reload cronie-1.2/src/database.c
--- cronie-1.2/src/database.c.reload	2008-12-19 11:34:04.000000000 +0100
+++ cronie-1.2/src/database.c	2008-12-22 14:22:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ process_crontab(const char *uname, const
 
 #if defined WITH_INOTIFY
 void
-check_inotify_database(cron_db *old_db, int fd) {
+check_inotify_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 	cron_db new_db;
 	DIR_T *dp;
 	DIR *dir;
@@ -167,17 +167,18 @@ check_inotify_database(cron_db *old_db, 
 	time.tv_usec = 0;
 
 	FD_ZERO(&rfds);
-	FD_SET(fd, &rfds);
+	FD_SET(old_db->ifd, &rfds);
 
-	retval = select(fd + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &time);
+	retval = select(old_db->ifd + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &time);
 	if (retval == -1) {
 		if (errno != EINTR)
 			log_it("CRON", pid, "INOTIFY", "select failed", errno);
 		return;
 	}
-	else if (FD_ISSET(fd, &rfds)) {
+	else if (FD_ISSET(old_db->ifd, &rfds)) {
 		new_db.head = new_db.tail = NULL;
-		while ((retval=read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+		new_db.ifd = old_db->ifd;
+		while ((retval=read(old_db->ifd, buf, sizeof(buf))) == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
 		if (retval == 0) {
 			/* this should not happen as the buffer is large enough */
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ check_inotify_database(cron_db *old_db, 
 		/* we must reinstate the watches here - TODO reinstate only watches
 		 * which get IN_IGNORED event
 		 */
-		set_cron_watched(fd);
+		set_cron_watched(old_db->ifd);
 
 		/* TODO: parse the events and read only affected files */
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ overwrite_database(cron_db *old_db, cron
 	*old_db = *new_db;
 }
 
-void
+int
 load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 	struct stat statbuf, syscron_stat, crond_stat;
 	cron_db new_db;
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 	   ){
 		Debug(DLOAD, ("[%ld] spool dir mtime unch, no load needed.\n",
 			      (long)pid))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* something's different.  make a new database, moving unchanged
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 	new_db.mtime = TMAX(crond_stat.st_mtime,
 			    TMAX(statbuf.st_mtime, syscron_stat.st_mtime));
 	new_db.head = new_db.tail = NULL;
+#if defined WITH_INOTIFY
+	new_db.ifd = old_db->ifd;
+#endif
 
 	if (syscron_stat.st_mtime)
 		process_crontab("root", NULL, SYSCRONTAB, &new_db, old_db);
@@ -382,6 +386,7 @@ load_database(cron_db *old_db) {
 
 	overwrite_database(old_db, &new_db);
 	Debug(DLOAD, ("load_database is done\n"))
+	return 1;
 }
 
 void
diff -up cronie-1.2/src/funcs.h.reload cronie-1.2/src/funcs.h
--- cronie-1.2/src/funcs.h.reload	2008-06-26 14:56:00.000000000 +0200
+++ cronie-1.2/src/funcs.h	2008-12-22 12:12:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@ void		set_cron_uid(void),
 		log_it(const char *, PID_T, const char *, const char *, int),
 		log_close(void);
 #if defined WITH_INOTIFY
-void 	load_inotify_database(cron_db *, int ),
-		set_cron_watched(int ),
+void 		set_cron_watched(int ),
 		set_cron_unwatched(int ),
-		check_inotify_database(cron_db *, int );
+		check_inotify_database(cron_db *);
 #endif
-void 	load_database(cron_db *);
 
-int		job_runqueue(void),
+int		load_database(cron_db *),
+		job_runqueue(void),
 		set_debug_flags(const char *),
 		get_char(FILE *),
 		get_string(char *, int, FILE *, char *),
diff -up cronie-1.2/src/structs.h.reload cronie-1.2/src/structs.h
--- cronie-1.2/src/structs.h.reload	2008-06-26 14:56:00.000000000 +0200
+++ cronie-1.2/src/structs.h	2008-12-22 12:06:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ typedef	struct _user {
 typedef	struct _cron_db {
 	user		*head, *tail;	/* links */
 	time_t		mtime;		/* last modtime on spooldir */
+#ifdef WITH_INOTIFY
+	int		ifd;
+#endif
 } cron_db;
 				/* in the C tradition, we only create
 				 * variables for the main program, just
diff -up cronie-1.2/src/cron.c.reload cronie-1.2/src/cron.c
--- cronie-1.2/src/cron.c.reload	2008-06-26 14:56:00.000000000 +0200
+++ cronie-1.2/src/cron.c	2008-12-22 14:38:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ set_cron_watched(int fd) {
 		int w;
 
 		w = inotify_add_watch(fd, watchpaths[i],
-			IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_ATTRIB | IN_MOVED_TO | IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_DELETE);
+			IN_CREATE | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_ATTRIB | IN_MODIFY | IN_MOVED_TO |
+			IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_DELETE | IN_DELETE_SELF);
 		if (w < 0) {
 			if (wd[i] != -1) {
         			log_it("CRON", pid, "This directory or file can't be watched", watchpaths[i], errno);
@@ -101,6 +102,27 @@ set_cron_watched(int fd) {
 #endif
 
 static void
+handle_signals(cron_db *database) {
+	if (got_sighup) {
+		got_sighup = 0;
+#if defined WITH_INOTIFY
+		/* watches must be reinstated on reload */
+		if (inotify_enabled) {
+			set_cron_unwatched(database->ifd);
+			inotify_enabled = 0;
+		}
+#endif
+		database->mtime = (time_t) 0;
+		log_close();
+	}
+
+	if (got_sigchld) {
+		got_sigchld = 0;
+		sigchld_reaper();
+	}
+}
+
+static void
 usage(void) {
 	const char **dflags;
 
@@ -216,7 +238,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		wd[i] = -2;
 	}
 
-	fd = inotify_init();
+	database.ifd = fd = inotify_init();
 	if (fd < 0)
 		log_it("CRON", pid, "INFO", "Inotify init failed", errno);
 	set_cron_watched(fd);
@@ -252,19 +274,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		 * clock.  Classify the change into one of 4 cases.
 		 */
 		timeDiff = timeRunning - virtualTime;
-		if (inotify_enabled) {
 #if defined WITH_INOTIFY
-			check_inotify_database(&database, fd);
-#endif
+		if (inotify_enabled) {
+			check_inotify_database(&database);
 		}
 		else {
-			load_database(&database);
-#if defined WITH_INOTIFY
-			/* try reinstating the watches */
-			set_cron_watched(fd);
-#endif			
+			if(load_database(&database))
+				/* try reinstating the watches */
+				set_cron_watched(fd);
 		}
-		
+#else
+		load_database(&database);
+#endif
+
 		/* shortcut for the most common case */
 		if (timeDiff == 1) {
 			virtualTime = timeRunning;
@@ -354,17 +376,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		/* Jobs to be run (if any) are loaded; clear the queue. */
 		job_runqueue();
 
-		/* Check to see if we received a signal while running jobs. */
-		if (got_sighup) {
-			got_sighup = 0;
-		if (!inotify_enabled)
-			database.mtime = (time_t) 0;
-			log_close();
-		}
-		if (got_sigchld) {
-			got_sigchld = 0;
-			sigchld_reaper();
-		}
+		handle_signals(&database);
 	}
 
 #if defined WITH_INOTIFY
@@ -502,16 +514,8 @@ cron_sleep(int target, cron_db *db) {
 		 * If so, service the signal(s) then continue sleeping
 		 * where we left off.
 		 */
-		if (got_sighup) {
-			got_sighup = 0;
-			if (!inotify_enabled)
-				db->mtime = (time_t) 0;
-			log_close();
-		}
-		if (got_sigchld) {
-			got_sigchld = 0;
-			sigchld_reaper();
-		}
+		handle_signals(db);
+
 		t2 = time(NULL) + GMToff;
 		seconds_to_wait -= (int)(t2 - t1);
 		t1 = t2;