diff --git a/ssm b/ssm
index 10a964e..621b7e2 100755
--- a/ssm
+++ b/ssm
@@ -652,6 +652,7 @@ var service_cgroup_cleanup = 0 # Clean up the cgroup when the main PID exits. Us
 var service_success_exit = 0 # Array, takes exit codes that are to be treated as successful termination.
 var service_pidfile_timeout = 15 # How long to wait for unmanaged services to create their pidfiles.
 var service_pidfile_remove_stale = 1 # Remove stale pidfiles from unmanaged services.
+var service_remember = 1 # Copy the config into ssm's runtime dir.
 
 # Global config
 var cgroups = 0 # Enable cgroup-related functions
@@ -836,10 +837,11 @@ flag_reset_exit && { reset-exit; die $?; }
 source -- "$service_config" "${@:3}" || die 7 "Failed to read the service config: $service_config"
 
 # “Load” the service into memory
-service_config == "$service_config_current" || {
+if ! service_config == "$service_config_current" && service_remember; then
 	cat "$service_config" > "$rundir/current/$service_name"
 	printf 'Loaded %s from: %s\n' "$service_name" "$service_config" >&2
-}
+	service_config = "$rundir/current/$service_name"
+fi
 
 # Die if we only needed to load a service
 flag_load_service && die 0