--- a/supervisoradmin/add.py	Mon Apr 13 12:04:00 2015 -0700
+++ b/supervisoradmin/add.py	Mon Apr 13 12:33:44 2015 -0700
@@ -74,11 +74,16 @@
     name = options.name or basename(command[0])
 
     # output configuration file
-    output = options.output or os.path.join(SUPERVISOR_CONF, '{}.conf'.format(name))
+    output = options.output or open(os.path.join(SUPERVISOR_CONF, '{}.conf'.format(name)), 'w')
 
-    print (template.format(name=name,
-                           user=options.user,
-                           command=options.command))
+    output.write(template.format(name=name,
+                                 user=options.user,
+                                 command=options.command))
+    output.close()
+
+    if options.output is None:
+        # update the supervisor state
+        subprocess.check_call(['sudo', 'supervisorctl', 'update'])
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()