diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8bde6e8..afe9794 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ func main() {
 	killSignals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(killSignals, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
+	reloadSignals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(reloadSignals, syscall.SIGUSR1)
+
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	confStr, err := os.ReadFile("config.yaml")
@@ -680,7 +683,29 @@ func main() {
 	go buildManager.syncWorker()
 	go buildManager.htmlWorker()
 
-	<-killSignals
+killLoop:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-killSignals:
+			break killLoop
+		case <-reloadSignals:
+			confStr, err := os.ReadFile("config.yaml")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Unable to open config: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			err = yaml.Unmarshal(confStr, &conf)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Unable to parse config: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			lvl, err := log.ParseLevel(conf.Logging.Level)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Failure setting logging level: %v", err)
+			}
+			log.SetLevel(lvl)
+		}
+	}
 
 	buildManager.exit = true
 	buildManager.buildProcMutex.RLock()
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index b212f51..8ebed58 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ func housekeeping(repo string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) error {
 		// compare db-version with repo version
 		repoVer, err := pkg.repoVersion()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Infof("[HK/%s/%s] package not present on disk", pkg.FullRepo, pkg.Pkgbase)
+			log.Infof("[HK/%s/%s] package not present on disk (%v)", pkg.FullRepo, pkg.Pkgbase, err)
 			// error means package was not found -> delete version & hash from db so rebuild can happen
 			err := pkg.DbPackage.Update().ClearStatus().ClearHash().ClearRepoVersion().Exec(context.Background())
 			if err != nil {