diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor b/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
index 6b42f15b..ea3148dc 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         var urlparameters = string.Empty;
         var editmode = false;
         var reload = Reload.None;
-        var lastsyncdate = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var lastsyncdate = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-1);
         var runtime = GetRuntime();
 
         Uri uri = new Uri(_absoluteUri);
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@
         SiteState.Alias = alias; // set state for services
         lastsyncdate = alias.SyncDate;
 
-        // process any sync events for site 
+        // process any sync events  
         if (reload != Reload.Site && alias.SyncEvents.Any())
         {
+            // if running on WebAssembly reload the client application if the server application was restarted
+            if (runtime == Shared.Runtime.WebAssembly && PageState != null && alias.SyncEvents.Exists(item => item.TenantId == -1))
+            {
+                NavigationManager.NavigateTo(uri.Scheme + "://" + uri.Authority + "?reload", true);
+            }
             if (alias.SyncEvents.Exists(item => item.EntityName == EntityNames.Site && item.EntityId == alias.SiteId))
             {
                 reload = Reload.Site;
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/SyncManager.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/SyncManager.cs
index f41c01b0..d70cc456 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/SyncManager.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/SyncManager.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Oqtane.Models;
+using Oqtane.Models;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Infrastructure
 
         public List<SyncEvent> GetSyncEvents(int tenantId, DateTime lastSyncDate)
         {
-            return SyncEvents.Where(item => item.TenantId == tenantId && item.ModifiedOn >= lastSyncDate).ToList();
+            return SyncEvents.Where(item => (item.TenantId == tenantId || item.TenantId == -1) && item.ModifiedOn >= lastSyncDate).ToList();
         }
 
         public void AddSyncEvent(int tenantId, string entityName, int entityId)
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
index ba2a7d89..1e744c01 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace Oqtane
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
+        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env, ISyncManager sync)
         {
             ServiceActivator.Configure(app.ApplicationServices);
 
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ namespace Oqtane
                 endpoints.MapControllers();
                 endpoints.MapFallbackToPage("/_Host");
             });
+
+            // create a sync event to identify server application startup
+            sync.AddSyncEvent(-1, "Application", -1);
         }
     }
 }