diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f06b429d..b28de8be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ services:
       - STAGING=false #optional
       - DISABLE_F2B= #optional
       - SWAG_AUTORELOAD= #optional
+      - SWAG_AUTORELOAD_WATCHLIST= #optional
     volumes:
       - /path/to/swag/config:/config
     ports:
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -e STAGING=false `#optional` \
   -e DISABLE_F2B= `#optional` \
   -e SWAG_AUTORELOAD= `#optional` \
+  -e SWAG_AUTORELOAD_WATCHLIST= `#optional` \
   -p 443:443 \
   -p 80:80 `#optional` \
   -v /path/to/swag/config:/config \
@@ -249,7 +251,8 @@ Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those abov
 | `-e EXTRA_DOMAINS=` | Additional fully qualified domain names (comma separated, no spaces) ie. `example.net,subdomain.example.net,*.example.org` |
 | `-e STAGING=false` | Set to `true` to retrieve certs in staging mode. Rate limits will be much higher, but the resulting cert will not pass the browser's security test. Only to be used for testing purposes. |
 | `-e DISABLE_F2B=` | Set to `true` to disable the Fail2ban service in the container, if you're already running it elsewhere or using a different IPS. |
-| `-e SWAG_AUTORELOAD=` | Set to `true` to enable automatic reloading of nginx configs on change. Your filesystem must support inotify. This functionality was previous offered [via mod](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods/tree/swag-auto-reload). |
+| `-e SWAG_AUTORELOAD=` | Set to `true` to enable automatic reloading of nginx confs on change. Your filesystem must support inotify. This functionality was previous offered [via mod](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods/tree/swag-auto-reload). |
+| `-e SWAG_AUTORELOAD_WATCHLIST=` | A `|`-separated list of additional folders for auto reload to watch in addition to `/config/nginx` |
 | `-v /config` | Persistent config files |
 | `--read-only=true` | Run container with a read-only filesystem. Please [read the docs](https://docs.linuxserver.io/misc/read-only/). |
 | `--cap-add=NET_ADMIN` | Required for fail2Ban to be able to modify iptables rules. |
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 103e507b..5a6f94fc 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ opt_param_env_vars:
   - {env_var: "EXTRA_DOMAINS", env_value: "", desc: "Additional fully qualified domain names (comma separated, no spaces) ie. `example.net,subdomain.example.net,*.example.org`"}
   - {env_var: "STAGING", env_value: "false", desc: "Set to `true` to retrieve certs in staging mode. Rate limits will be much higher, but the resulting cert will not pass the browser's security test. Only to be used for testing purposes."}
   - {env_var: "DISABLE_F2B", env_value: "", desc: "Set to `true` to disable the Fail2ban service in the container, if you're already running it elsewhere or using a different IPS."}
-  - {env_var: "SWAG_AUTORELOAD", env_value: "", desc: "Set to `true` to enable automatic reloading of nginx configs on change. Your filesystem must support inotify. This functionality was previous offered [via mod](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods/tree/swag-auto-reload)."}
+  - {env_var: "SWAG_AUTORELOAD", env_value: "", desc: "Set to `true` to enable automatic reloading of nginx confs on change. Your filesystem must support inotify. This functionality was previous offered [via mod](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods/tree/swag-auto-reload)."}
+  - {env_var: "SWAG_AUTORELOAD_WATCHLIST", env_value: "", desc: "A `|`-separated list of additional folders for auto reload to watch in addition to `/config/nginx`"}
 opt_param_usage_include_ports: true
 opt_param_ports:
   - {external_port: "80", internal_port: "80", port_desc: "HTTP port (required for HTTP validation and HTTP -> HTTPS redirect)"}
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-swag-auto-reload/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-swag-auto-reload/run
index 92cc7e25..2b291dc8 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-swag-auto-reload/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-swag-auto-reload/run
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [[ ${SWAG_AUTORELOAD,,} == "true" ]]; then
         echo "Auto-reload: Watching the following files/folders for changes (excluding .sample, .swp, and .md files):"
         echo "/config/nginx"
         ACTIVE_WATCH=("/config/nginx")
-        for i in $(echo "${WATCHLIST}" | tr "|" " "); do
+        for i in $(echo "${SWAG_AUTORELOAD_WATCHLIST}" | tr "|" " "); do
             if [ -f "${i}" ] || [ -d "${i}" ]; then
                 echo "${i}"
                 ACTIVE_WATCH+=("${i}")
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [[ ${SWAG_AUTORELOAD,,} == "true" ]]; then
             function wait_for_changes {
             inotifywait -rq \
                 --event modify,move,create,delete \
-                --excludei '\.(sample|md|swp)' \
+                --include '\.(conf)' \
                 "${ACTIVE_WATCH[@]}"
             }