# Router Activation Strategy in @aurelia/router

**URL:** <https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/router-activation-strategy-in-aurelia-router/5064>\
**Category:** Help Requests\
**Created:** [January 20, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/router-activation-strategy-in-aurelia-router/5064 "2023-01-20T17:13:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![danice](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/danice/32/2160_2.png) [@danice](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/danice)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/router-activation-strategy-in-aurelia-router/5064/1 "2023-01-20T17:13:08Z")

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In Aurelia 1 it was possible to configure the router `activationStrategy` , as explained in the [Reusing an Existing View Model](http://aurelia.io/docs/routing/configuration#reusing-an-existing-view-model) help page.  
There is some way to do the same in Aurelia 2 (so the same instance of component is used for example when navigating from foo/1 to foo/2)?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![danice](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/danice/32/2160_2.png) [@danice](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/danice)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/router-activation-strategy-in-aurelia-router/5064/2 "2023-01-20T17:31:53Z")

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I found a solution: adding the property reloadBehavior to the route:

```auto
{
  path: 'foo/:num',
...
  reloadBehavior: ReloadBehavior.reload,
}

```

I think this option should be explained in the documentation…