diff --git a/apps/app-identifier/src/main.cpp b/apps/app-identifier/src/main.cpp
index ef82fcb..123963a 100644
--- a/apps/app-identifier/src/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/app-identifier/src/main.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     parser.setApplicationDescription("Identify in what capacity the process is running.");
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.addVersionOption();
-    parser.addPositionalArgument("PIDs", "PIDs to identify.", "[pid1 pid2 pid3 ...]");
+    parser.addPositionalArgument("PIDs", "PIDs to identify.", "[pid1,pid2,pid3 ...]");
 
     parser.process(app);
     auto PIDs = parser.positionalArguments();
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 0;
     }
 
-    auto slice = PIDs.first().split(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    auto slice = PIDs.first().split(',', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
     QList<pid_t> PIDList{};
     std::transform(slice.cbegin(), slice.cend(), std::back_inserter(PIDList), [](const QString &pid) {
         bool ok{true};
         auto result = pid.toInt(&ok);
         if (!ok) {
-            qFatal() << "failed to convert:" << pid;
+            qCritical() << "syntax error:" << pid;
+            std::terminate();
         }
 
         return static_cast<pid_t>(result);
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     std::for_each(PIDList.cbegin(), PIDList.cend(), [&con](pid_t pid) {
         auto pidfd = pidfd_open(pid, 0);
         if (pidfd == -1) {
-            qFatal() << "failed to open pidfd:" << std::strerror(errno);
+            qCritical() << "failed to open pidfd:" << std::strerror(errno) << "skip.";
+            return;
         }
 
         auto msg = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(
diff --git a/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.cpp b/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.cpp
index 98badc7..add1be9 100644
--- a/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.cpp
+++ b/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QDBusMessage>
 #include <QStringBuilder>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 ApplicationManager1Service::~ApplicationManager1Service() = default;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ ApplicationManager1Service::ApplicationManager1Service(std::unique_ptr<Identifie
     : m_identifier(std::move(ptr))
     , m_storage(std::move(storage))
 {
+    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+    m_reloadTimer.setInterval(1s);
 }
 
 void ApplicationManager1Service::initService(QDBusConnection &connection) noexcept
@@ -61,6 +64,12 @@ void ApplicationManager1Service::initService(QDBusConnection &connection) noexce
         std::terminate();
     }
 
+    connect(&m_watcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged, this, &ApplicationManager1Service::ReloadApplications);
+    auto unhandled = m_watcher.addPaths(getDesktopFileDirs());
+    for (const auto &dir : unhandled) {
+        qCritical() << "couldn't watch directory:" << dir;
+    }
+
     auto &dispatcher = SystemdSignalDispatcher::instance();
 
     connect(&dispatcher, &SystemdSignalDispatcher::SystemdUnitNew, this, &ApplicationManager1Service::addInstanceToApplication);
@@ -604,6 +613,13 @@ void ApplicationManager1Service::updateApplication(const QSharedPointer<Applicat
 
 void ApplicationManager1Service::ReloadApplications()
 {
+    if (m_reloadTimer.isActive()) {
+        qInfo() << "reloadTimer is running, ignore...";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    m_reloadTimer.start();
+
     const auto &desktopFileDirs = getDesktopFileDirs();
 
     auto apps = m_applicationList.keys();
diff --git a/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.h b/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.h
index fbcb660..e3d3ce0 100644
--- a/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.h
+++ b/src/dbus/applicationmanager1service.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <QScopedPointer>
 #include <memory>
 #include <QMap>
+#include <QFileSystemWatcher>
+#include <QTimer>
 #include "applicationmanagerstorage.h"
 #include "dbus/jobmanager1service.h"
 #include "dbus/mimemanager1service.h"
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ private:
     QScopedPointer<JobManager1Service> m_jobManager{nullptr};
     QStringList m_hookElements;
     QStringList m_systemdPathEnv;
+    QFileSystemWatcher m_watcher;
+    QTimer m_reloadTimer;
     QMap<QDBusObjectPath, QSharedPointer<ApplicationService>> m_applicationList;
 
     void scanMimeInfos() noexcept;