ActionHero js with Mongoose - node.js

Question

I am creating some rest API with ActionHero js and Mongoose.
I put the Mongoose code in an initalizers and everything works.
When I modify some files the project automatically recompiles and it returns the following error: OverwriteModelError:
Cannot overwrite User model once compiled.
How should I edit my code to avoid this error?
'use strict';
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
exports.mongo = function(api, next) {
mongoose.connect(api.config.mongo.host);
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function callback () {
console.log('Connection opened');
});
var Schema = mongoose.Schema,
Types = mongoose.Schema.Types;
var userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
createdAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now(), required: true},
updatedAt: { type: Date, required: false},
email: { type: String, required: true },
name: { type: String, required: true },
surname: { type: String, required: true },
password: { type: String, required: true },
roles: [],
tokens: [{
code: String,
expiryDate: { type: Date, default: Date.now() + 30 }
}]
});
var User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
var postSchema = mongoose.Schema({
createdAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now(), required: true},
updatedAt: { type: Date, required: false},
content: { type: String, required: true },
votes: { type: [Types.ObjectId], ref: 'User' } ,
coordinates: { type: [Number], index: { type: '2dsphere' }, required: true },
creator: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User', required: true }
});
var Post = mongoose.model('Post', postSchema);
api.mongo = {
mongoose: mongoose,
user: User,
post: Post
};
next();
};

Answer 1

actionhero will reload any initializers if you are in developmentMode. You should wrap your connection steps within the _start() block, rather than have them run in-line each time. This way, actionhero can re-load the file and not re-run your connection steps.
http://actionherojs.com/docs/core/initializers.html