diff --git a/app/access_controls/access_controls.php b/app/access_controls/access_controls.php
index d31be599dd..18b82136b7 100644
--- a/app/access_controls/access_controls.php
+++ b/app/access_controls/access_controls.php
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 	echo "<div class='action_bar' id='action_bar'>\n";
 	echo "	<div class='heading'><b>".$text['title-access_controls']." (".$num_rows.")</b></div>\n";
 	echo "	<div class='actions'>\n";
+	echo button::create(['label'=>$text['button-reload'],'icon'=>$_SESSION['theme']['button_icon_reload'],'type'=>'button','id'=>'button_reload','link'=>'access_controls_reload.php'.($search != '' ? '?search='.urlencode($search) : null),'style'=>'margin-right: 15px;']);
 	if (permission_exists('access_control_add')) {
 		echo button::create(['type'=>'button','label'=>$text['button-add'],'icon'=>$_SESSION['theme']['button_icon_add'],'id'=>'btn_add','name'=>'btn_add','link'=>'access_control_edit.php']);
 	}
diff --git a/app/access_controls/access_controls_reload.php b/app/access_controls/access_controls_reload.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..951389288e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/access_controls/access_controls_reload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ FusionPBX
+ Version: MPL 1.1
+
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version
+ 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+
+ Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+ for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
+ License.
+
+ The Original Code is FusionPBX
+
+ The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
+ Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+ Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2008-2023
+ the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
+
+ Contributor(s):
+ Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+*/
+
+//set the include path
+	$conf = glob("{/usr/local/etc,/etc}/fusionpbx/config.conf", GLOB_BRACE);
+	set_include_path(parse_ini_file($conf[0])['document.root']);
+
+//includes files
+	require_once "resources/require.php";
+	require_once "resources/check_auth.php";
+
+//check permissions
+if (permission_exists('access_control_view')) {
+	//access granted
+}
+else {
+	echo "access denied";
+	exit;
+}
+
+//add multi-lingual support
+// 	$language = new text;
+// 	$text = $language->get();
+
+//set the variables
+	$search = $_REQUEST['search'];
+
+//add a message
+// 	message::add($text['message-settings_reloaded']);
+
+//create event socket connection
+	$fp = event_socket_create($_SESSION['event_socket_ip_address'], $_SESSION['event_socket_port'], $_SESSION['event_socket_password']);
+	if ($fp) {
+		//run the command
+			$result = rtrim(event_socket_request($fp, 'api reloadacl'));
+
+		//add message
+			message::add($result, 'alert');
+
+		//close the connection
+			fclose($fp);
+	}
+
+//redirect
+	$search = preg_replace('#[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]# ', '', $search);
+	$location = 'access_controls.php'.($search != '' ? "?search=".urlencode($search) : null);
+
+	header("Location: ".$location);
+
+?>
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