Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

Hi;

We are currently setting up multiple new forwarders, which are getting their configs from the deployment server.

Everytime, we setup a new app or modify an existing app we are having to restart splunk.

Is there an easier way to re-initialise the Deployment Server to refresh the /opt/splunk/var/run/tmp/ sub-folders without having to do a "service restart splunk"

Trevor..