diff --git a/Parms.cpp b/Parms.cpp
index 5be6cbf8..d5d04817 100644
--- a/Parms.cpp
+++ b/Parms.cpp
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ bool CommandRestartColl ( char *rec , WaitEntry *we ) {
 	CollectionRec *cr = g_collectiondb.getRec ( newCollnum );
 	// if reset from crawlbot api page then enable spiders
 	// to avoid user confusion
-	//if ( cr ) cr->m_spideringEnabled = 1;
+	if ( cr ) cr->m_spideringEnabled = 1;
 
 	if ( ! cr ) return true;
 
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ bool CommandRestartColl ( char *rec , WaitEntry *we ) {
 	// do not let it have the buf any more
 	cr->m_siteListBuf.detachBuf();
 	// can't leave it NULL, safebuf parms do not like to be null
-	cr->m_siteListBuf.pushChar('\0');
+	cr->m_siteListBuf.nullTerm();
 	// re-add the buf so it re-seeds spiderdb. it will not dedup these
 	// urls in "oldSiteList" with "m_siteListBuf" which is now empty.
 	// "true" = addSeeds.
@@ -485,10 +485,28 @@ bool CommandResetColl ( char *rec , WaitEntry *we ) {
 
 	// turn on spiders on new collrec. collname is same but collnum
 	// will be different.
-	//CollectionRec *cr = g_collectiondb.getRec ( newCollnum );
-	// if reset from crawlbot api page then enable spiders
-	// to avoid user confusion
-	//if ( cr ) cr->m_spideringEnabled = 1;
+	CollectionRec *cr = g_collectiondb.getRec ( newCollnum );
+
+	if ( ! cr ) return true;
+
+	//
+	// repopulate spiderdb with the same sites
+	//
+
+	char *oldSiteList = cr->m_siteListBuf.getBufStart();
+	// do not let it have the buf any more
+	cr->m_siteListBuf.detachBuf();
+	// can't leave it NULL, safebuf parms do not like to be null
+	cr->m_siteListBuf.nullTerm();
+	// re-add the buf so it re-seeds spiderdb. it will not dedup these
+	// urls in "oldSiteList" with "m_siteListBuf" which is now empty.
+	// "true" = addSeeds.
+	updateSiteListTables ( newCollnum , true , oldSiteList );
+	// now put it back
+	if ( oldSiteList ) cr->m_siteListBuf.safeStrcpy ( oldSiteList );
+
+	// turn spiders off
+	if ( cr ) cr->m_spideringEnabled = 0;
 
 	return true;
 }