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<!here> <@UKVFX6N3B> I'm trying to reload a settings module in a flow for each scheduled iteration, but it never loads the changes in settings module. Is that because of some restrictions with the flow, that I might be overlooking
```with Flow('ETL Status Cron Flow', schedule=CronSchedule("*/5 * * * *")) as cron_flow:
	work_conf = importlib.import_module('settings.work_settings')
	importlib.reload(work_conf)
	my_settings = getattr(work_conf, 'my_settings')                        

	if(my_settings['active'] == False):
		return
	else:
		print('do something')
     
state = cron_flow.run()```

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Your flow building code (the thing in the `with Flow` block) only runs once (on script startup). To get some code to run on each flow run you need to wrap that code in a `task`. I suggest adding a task to your flow that reloads the configuration.

Hi <@U011EKN35PT> I did try that too, but lo luck. here is the code
```@task(name='get_work_settings')
def get_work_settings():
        work_conf = importlib.import_module('settings.work_settings')
        importlib.reload(work_conf)
        return getattr(work_conf, 'my_settings')
	

with Flow('ETL Status Cron Flow', schedule=CronSchedule("*/5 * * * *")) as cron_flow:
	my_settings = get_work_settings()                      
	if(my_settings['active'] == False):
		return
	else:
		print('do something')
     
state = cron_flow.run()```

Since `get_work_settings` is a task, you probably want to use something like `case` instead of an `if` block. <https://docs.prefect.io/core/idioms/conditional.html>

Something like:

```@task
def is_active(settings):
    return bool(settings["active"])

with Flow(...) as flow:
    settings = get_work_settings()
    with case(is_active(settings), True):
        some_task_if_active()```