diff --git a/scripts/refreshconfig.sh b/scripts/refreshconfig.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Send notification to Stratum mining instance add a new litecoind instance to the pool
+
+import socket
+import json
+import sys
+import argparse
+import time
+
+start = time.time()
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Refresh the config of the Stratum instance.')
+parser.add_argument('--password', dest='password', type=str, help='use admin password from Stratum server config')
+parser.add_argument('--host', dest='host', type=str, default='localhost', help='hostname of Stratum mining instance')
+parser.add_argument('--port', dest='port', type=int, default=3333, help='port of Stratum mining instance')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.password == None:
+	parser.print_help()
+	sys.exit()
+	
+message = {'id': 1, 'method': 'mining.refresh_config', 'params': []}
+
+try:
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.connect((args.host, args.port))
+    s.sendall(json.dumps(message)+"\n")
+    data = s.recv(16000)
+    s.close()
+except IOError:
+    print "Refresh Config: Cannot connect to the pool"
+    sys.exit()
+
+for line in data.split("\n"):
+    if not line.strip():
+    	# Skip last line which doesn't contain any message
+        continue
+
+    message = json.loads(line)
+    if message['id'] == 1:
+        if message['result'] == True:
+	        print "Refresh Config: done in %.03f sec" % (time.time() - start)
+        else:
+            print "Refresh Config: Error during request:", message['error'][1]
+    else:
+        print "Refresh Config: Unexpected message from the server:", message