diff --git a/services/cores_it_test.go b/services/cores_it_test.go
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+// +build integration
+
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+package services
+
+import (
+	"path"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/rpcclient"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/config"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/cores"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/engine"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/servmanager"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+)
+
+func TestCoreSReload(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := config.NewDefaultCGRConfig()
+
+	utils.Logger, _ = utils.Newlogger(utils.MetaSysLog, cfg.GeneralCfg().NodeID)
+	utils.Logger.SetLogLevel(7)
+
+	shdChan := utils.NewSyncedChan()
+	shdWg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	filterSChan := make(chan *engine.FilterS, 1)
+	filterSChan <- nil
+	server := cores.NewServer(nil)
+	srvMngr := servmanager.NewServiceManager(cfg, shdChan, shdWg)
+	srvDep := map[string]*sync.WaitGroup{utils.DataDB: new(sync.WaitGroup)}
+	db := NewDataDBService(cfg, nil, srvDep)
+	coreRPC := make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1)
+	anz := NewAnalyzerService(cfg, server, filterSChan, shdChan, make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1), srvDep)
+	caps := engine.NewCaps(1, "test_caps")
+	coreS := NewCoreService(cfg, caps, server, coreRPC, anz, srvDep)
+	engine.NewConnManager(cfg, nil)
+	srvMngr.AddServices(coreS,
+		NewLoaderService(cfg, db, filterSChan, server, make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1), nil, anz, srvDep), db)
+	if err := srvMngr.StartServices(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if coreS.IsRunning() {
+		t.Errorf("Expected service to be down")
+	}
+
+	var reply string
+	if err := cfg.V1ReloadConfig(&config.ReloadArgs{
+		Path:    path.Join("/usr", "share", "cgrates", "conf", "samples", "caps_queue"),
+		Section: config.CoreSCfgJson,
+	}, &reply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if reply != utils.OK {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting OK ,received %s", reply)
+	}
+	select {
+	case d := <-coreRPC:
+		coreRPC <- d
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("It took to long to reload the cache")
+	}
+	if !coreS.IsRunning() {
+		t.Errorf("Expected service to be running")
+	}
+	err := coreS.Start()
+	if err == nil || err != utils.ErrServiceAlreadyRunning {
+		t.Errorf("\nExpecting <%+v>,\n Received <%+v>", utils.ErrServiceAlreadyRunning, err)
+	}
+	err = coreS.Reload()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("\nExpecting <nil>,\n Received <%+v>", err)
+	}
+	err = coreS.Shutdown()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("\nExpecting <nil>,\n Received <%+v>", err)
+	}
+	cfg.GetReloadChan(config.CoreSCfgJson) <- struct{}{}
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if coreS.IsRunning() {
+		t.Errorf("Expected service to be down")
+	}
+
+	shdChan.CloseOnce()
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+
+}