diff --git a/MergerService/Program.cs b/MergerService/Program.cs
index 73d2e391..d5b4a80f 100644
--- a/MergerService/Program.cs
+++ b/MergerService/Program.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     Args = args
 });
 
-builder.Configuration["hostBuilder:reloadConfigOnChange"] = "false";
+builder.Configuration.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: false);
 
 Console.WriteLine($"ContentRoot Path: {builder.Environment.ContentRootPath}");
 Console.WriteLine($"WebRootPath: {builder.Environment.WebRootPath}");
diff --git a/MergerService/appsettings.Development.json b/MergerService/appsettings.Development.json
index f1a43bf1..b2c69f03 100644
--- a/MergerService/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/MergerService/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -48,5 +48,10 @@
     "port": 9500,
     "measurementBuckets": "[0.001, 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 50,250, 500]"
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "ASPNETCORE": {
+    "hostBuilder": {
+      "reloadConfigOnChange": false
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/MergerService/appsettings.json b/MergerService/appsettings.json
index 8acdfdaa..9900d3d2 100644
--- a/MergerService/appsettings.json
+++ b/MergerService/appsettings.json
@@ -51,5 +51,10 @@
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "HTTP": {
     "retries": 3
+  },
+  "ASPNETCORE": {
+    "hostBuilder": {
+      "reloadConfigOnChange": false
+    }
   }
 }