diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1377554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.swp
diff --git a/recipes/registry.rb b/recipes/registry.rb
index b02f18d..485e8f1 100644
--- a/recipes/registry.rb
+++ b/recipes/registry.rb
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ template "/etc/glance/glance-registry.conf" do
   )
 
   notifies :run, resources(:execute => "glance-manage version_control"), :immediately
+  notifies :restart, resources(:service => "glance-registry"), :immediately
 end
 
 template "/etc/glance/glance-registry-paste.ini" do