diff --git a/actions/createProxyServer.js b/actions/createProxyServer.js
index 0e44040..0776aa0 100644
--- a/actions/createProxyServer.js
+++ b/actions/createProxyServer.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var shell = require('shelljs');
 var npath = require('../util/nginxPath');
 var conf = require('../util/nginxConf');
+var nginxReload = require('../util/nginxReload');
 
 var { EOL } = require('os'); // \n if used on Linux, \r\n if used on Windows.
 
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ function createProxyServer(domain, inPort, outPort) {
     )
     shell.mkdir('-p', npath.enabledSites()); // Creates directory if doesn't exist
     shell.ln('-sf', conf(npath.availableSites(), domain), conf(npath.enabledSites(), domain)); // Symlink the conf file from sites-available to sites-enabled
-    exec("service nginx reload");
+
+    nginxReload();
 };
 
 module.exports = createProxyServer;
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diff --git a/actions/createStaticServer.js b/actions/createStaticServer.js
index 4fdf58c..c1a07c4 100644
--- a/actions/createStaticServer.js
+++ b/actions/createStaticServer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var shell = require('shelljs');
 var npath = require('../util/nginxPath');
 var conf = require('../util/nginxConf');
 var path = require('path');
+var nginxReload = require('../util/nginxReload');
 
 var currentPath = path.normalize(process.cwd());
 var { EOL } = require('os'); // \n if used on Linux, \r\n if used on Windows.
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ function createStaticServer(domain, outPort = 80) {
         shell.rm('-rf', npath.webRoot() + domain); // Removes domain from webroot if exists
         shell.mkdir('-p', npath.webRoot()); // Creating the nginx www path if it doesn't exist so symlink doesn't fail
         shell.ln('-sf', currentPath, npath.webRoot() + domain); // Symlink current directory to nginx's web root
-        exec("service nginx reload");
+
+        nginxReload();
 };
 
 module.exports = createStaticServer;
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diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 80078ec..4c5e626 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ var program = require('commander');
 var shell = require('shelljs');
 var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
-var { exec } = require('child_process');
-
-var nginxReload = exec("nginx -t && service reload nginx");
 
 // Requiring utils
 var validate = require('./util/validate');
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ var createProxyServer = require('./actions/createProxyServer');
 var createStaticServer = require('./actions/createStaticServer');
 
 // Check for requirements such as OS version and nginx install. Throw and exit if requirements not found. #Roadmap: Add ability to satisfy any possible requirements.
-// requirements(); // Comment in development and uncomment this line in production. This should check whether the OS is compatible with this version of `up`
+requirements(); // Comment in development and uncomment this line in production. This should check whether the OS is compatible with this version of `up`
 
 program
 	.version('0.1.2')
@@ -75,12 +72,4 @@ program.on('--help', function () {
 });
 
 // Parses commands passed to `up` and chooses one of the above commands.
-program.parse(process.argv);
-
-try {
-	nginxReload();
-}
-
-catch (e) {
-	console.log("nginx configuration failed! Unable to reload nginx. Check configuration manually!")
-}
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+program.parse(process.argv);
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ede61b0..0b002a6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "up-serve",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/util/nginxReload.js b/util/nginxReload.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ad7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/nginxReload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var { exec } = require('child_process');
+
+function nginxReload() {
+	exec('service nginx reload', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+		if (error) {
+			console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
+			return;
+		}
+		console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+		console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+	});
+}
+
+module.exports = nginxReload;
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