diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index d27b2b2a..66dd7be6 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	errs "errors"
 	"net"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ func (p *Proxy) MonitorConfChange(ccf string) {
 		select {
 		case ev := <-watch.Events:
 			if ev.Op&fsnotify.Create == fsnotify.Create || ev.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write || ev.Op&fsnotify.Rename == fsnotify.Rename {
+				time.Sleep(time.Second)
 				newConfs, err := LoadClusterConf(p.ccf)
 				if err != nil {
 					prom.ErrIncr(p.ccf, p.ccf, "config reload", err.Error())
@@ -221,15 +221,23 @@ func (p *Proxy) updateConfig(conf *ClusterConfig) (err error) {
 }
 
 func parseChanged(newConfs, oldConfs []*ClusterConfig) (changed []*ClusterConfig) {
+
 	changed = make([]*ClusterConfig, 0, len(oldConfs))
+	for _, cf := range newConfs {
+		sort.Strings(cf.Servers)
+	}
+
+	for _, cf := range oldConfs {
+		sort.Strings(cf.Servers)
+	}
+
 	for _, newConf := range newConfs {
 		for _, oldConf := range oldConfs {
-			if newConf.Name != oldConf.Name || len(newConf.Servers) != len(oldConf.Servers) {
+			if newConf.Name != oldConf.Name {
 				continue
 			}
-			sort.Strings(newConf.Servers)
-			sort.Strings(oldConf.Servers)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(newConf.Servers, oldConf.Servers) {
+
+			if !deepEqualOrderedStringSlice(newConf.Servers, oldConf.Servers) {
 				changed = append(changed, newConf)
 			}
 			break
@@ -237,3 +245,17 @@ func parseChanged(newConfs, oldConfs []*ClusterConfig) (changed []*ClusterConfig
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func deepEqualOrderedStringSlice(a, b []string) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
+		if a[i] != b[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index e3b3626e..42b85738 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	OverlordMajor = 1
 	OverlordMinor = 8
-	OverlordPatch = 1
+	OverlordPatch = 2
 )
 
 var showVersion bool