diff --git a/queue_job/README.rst b/queue_job/README.rst
index b27a1675ad..f1ee154c52 100644
--- a/queue_job/README.rst
+++ b/queue_job/README.rst
@@ -666,6 +666,9 @@ Known issues / Roadmap
 
 - After creating a new database or installing ``queue_job`` on an
   existing database, Odoo must be restarted for the runner to detect it.
+- Reload runner configuration on SIGHUP
+- ``eval_capacity`` ``workers`` should evaluate to sum of all workers
+  across all containers
 
 Changelog
 =========
diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/channels.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/channels.py
index c895d9caf3..ab951ca6d9 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/channels.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/channels.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 from heapq import heappop, heappush
 from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 
+from odoo.tools import config as odoo_config
+from odoo.tools.safe_eval import safe_eval
+
 from ..exception import ChannelNotFound
 from ..job import CANCELLED, DONE, ENQUEUED, FAILED, PENDING, STARTED, WAIT_DEPENDENCIES
 
@@ -806,8 +809,38 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._root_channel = Channel(name="root", parent=None, capacity=1)
         self._channels_by_name = WeakValueDictionary(root=self._root_channel)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def parse_simple_config(cls, config_string):
+    def configure(self, config_string):
+        """Configure the channel manager from a complex configuration string
+
+        >>> from odoo.tools import config
+        >>> from pprint import pprint as pp
+        >>> config['workers'] = 10
+
+        >>> cm = ChannelManager()
+        >>> pp(cm.configure('root:workers'))
+        [{'capacity': 10, 'name': 'root'}]
+
+        >>> cm = ChannelManager()
+        >>> pp(cm.configure('root:workers * 0.8'))
+        [{'capacity': 8, 'name': 'root'}]
+
+        >>> cm = ChannelManager()
+        >>> pp(cm.configure('root:workers,child:root * 0.6'))
+        [{'capacity': 10, 'name': 'root'}, {'capacity': 6, 'name': 'child'}]
+
+        >>> cm = ChannelManager()
+        >>> pp(cm.configure('root:workers,root.child:parent - 2,root.child.grandchild:parent * 0.5'))
+        [{'capacity': 10, 'name': 'root'},
+         {'capacity': 8, 'name': 'root.child'},
+         {'capacity': 4, 'name': 'root.child.grandchild'}]
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        res = []
+        for cfg in self.parse_config(config_string):
+            self.get_channel_from_config(cfg)
+            res.append(cfg)
+        return res
+
+    def parse_simple_config(self, config_string):
         """Parse a simple channels configuration string.
 
         The general form is as follow:
@@ -821,24 +854,25 @@ def parse_simple_config(cls, config_string):
         Returns a list of channel configuration dictionaries.
 
         >>> from pprint import pprint as pp
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('root:4'))
+        >>> cm = ChannelManager()
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('root:4'))
         [{'capacity': 4, 'name': 'root'}]
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('root:4,root.sub:2'))
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('root:4,root.sub:2'))
         [{'capacity': 4, 'name': 'root'}, {'capacity': 2, 'name': 'root.sub'}]
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('root:4,root.sub:2:'
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('root:4,root.sub:2:'
         ...                                       'sequential:k=v'))
         [{'capacity': 4, 'name': 'root'},
          {'capacity': 2, 'k': 'v', 'name': 'root.sub', 'sequential': True}]
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('root'))
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('root'))
         [{'capacity': 1, 'name': 'root'}]
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('sub:2'))
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('sub:2'))
         [{'capacity': 2, 'name': 'sub'}]
 
         It ignores whitespace around values, and drops empty entries which
         would be generated by trailing commas, or commented lines on the Odoo
         config file.
 
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('''
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('''
         ...     root : 4,
         ...     ,
         ...     foo bar:1: k=va lue,
@@ -849,7 +883,7 @@ def parse_simple_config(cls, config_string):
         It's also possible to replace commas with line breaks, which is more
         readable if the channel configuration comes from the odoo config file.
 
-        >>> pp(ChannelManager.parse_simple_config('''
+        >>> pp(cm.parse_simple_config('''
         ...     root : 4
         ...     foo bar:1: k=va lue
         ...     baz
@@ -858,50 +892,59 @@ def parse_simple_config(cls, config_string):
          {'capacity': 1, 'k': 'va lue', 'name': 'foo bar'},
          {'capacity': 1, 'name': 'baz'}]
         """
-        res = []
+        return list(self.parse_config(config_string, simple=True))
+
+    def parse_config(self, config_string, simple=False):
         config_string = config_string.replace("\n", ",")
         for channel_config_string in split_strip(config_string, ","):
             if not channel_config_string:
                 # ignore empty entries (commented lines, trailing commas)
                 continue
-            config = {}
-            config_items = split_strip(channel_config_string, ":")
-            name = config_items[0]
-            if not name:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: missing channel name"
+            yield self.parse_config_line(channel_config_string, simple=simple)
+
+    def parse_config_line(self, config_string, simple=False):
+        config = {}
+        config_items = split_strip(config_string, ":")
+        name = config_items[0]
+        if not name:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: missing channel name"
+            )
+        if not simple and (name == "parent"):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: channel name parent is reserved"  # noqa: E501
+            )
+        config["name"] = name
+        if len(config_items) > 1:
+            capacity = config_items[1]
+            try:
+                config["capacity"] = (
+                    int(capacity) if simple else self.eval_capacity(name, capacity)
                 )
-            config["name"] = name
-            if len(config_items) > 1:
-                capacity = config_items[1]
-                try:
-                    config["capacity"] = int(capacity)
-                except Exception as ex:
+            except Exception as ex:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: "
+                    f"invalid capacity {capacity}"
+                ) from ex
+            for config_item in config_items[2:]:
+                kv = split_strip(config_item, "=")
+                if len(kv) == 1:
+                    k, v = kv[0], True
+                elif len(kv) == 2:
+                    k, v = kv
+                else:
                     raise ValueError(
                         f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: "
-                        f"invalid capacity {capacity}"
-                    ) from ex
-                for config_item in config_items[2:]:
-                    kv = split_strip(config_item, "=")
-                    if len(kv) == 1:
-                        k, v = kv[0], True
-                    elif len(kv) == 2:
-                        k, v = kv
-                    else:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: "
-                            f"incorrect config item {config_item}"
-                        )
-                    if k in config:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: "
-                            f"duplicate key {k}"
-                        )
-                    config[k] = v
-            else:
-                config["capacity"] = 1
-            res.append(config)
-        return res
+                        f"incorrect config item {config_item}"
+                    )
+                if k in config:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Invalid channel config {config_string}: " f"duplicate key {k}"
+                    )
+                config[k] = v
+        else:
+            config["capacity"] = 1
+        return config
 
     def simple_configure(self, config_string):
         """Configure the channel manager from a simple configuration string
@@ -927,9 +970,21 @@ def simple_configure(self, config_string):
         >>> cm.get_channel_by_name('seq').sequential
         True
         """
-        for config in ChannelManager.parse_simple_config(config_string):
+        for config in self.parse_simple_config(config_string):
             self.get_channel_from_config(config)
 
+    def eval_capacity(self, name, expr) -> int:
+        locals_dict = {"workers": odoo_config["workers"]}
+        if name != "root":
+            root = self.get_channel_by_name("root")
+            # FIXME Can't do math on None, but does zero make sense?
+            locals_dict["root"] = root.capacity or 0
+            # HACK Could this get the named channel by mistake?
+            parent = self.get_channel_by_name(name, parent_fallback=True)
+            locals_dict["parent"] = parent.capacity or 0
+        capacity = safe_eval(expr, locals_dict=locals_dict)
+        return int(capacity)
+
     def get_channel_from_config(self, config):
         """Return a Channel object from a parsed configuration.
 
diff --git a/queue_job/readme/ROADMAP.md b/queue_job/readme/ROADMAP.md
index df33142b88..1e3f25a8f2 100644
--- a/queue_job/readme/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/queue_job/readme/ROADMAP.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 - After creating a new database or installing `queue_job` on an existing
   database, Odoo must be restarted for the runner to detect it.
+- Reload runner configuration on SIGHUP
+- `eval_capacity` `workers` should evaluate to sum of all workers across all containers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/queue_job/static/description/index.html b/queue_job/static/description/index.html
index c5920c7ac7..93da65cad1 100644
--- a/queue_job/static/description/index.html
+++ b/queue_job/static/description/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 <meta name="generator" content="Docutils: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/" />
-<title>README.rst</title>
+<title>Job Queue</title>
 <style type="text/css">
 
 /*
@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@ <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#toc-entry-12">Known issues / Roadmap</a></h2>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li>After creating a new database or installing <tt class="docutils literal">queue_job</tt> on an
 existing database, Odoo must be restarted for the runner to detect it.</li>
+<li>Reload runner configuration on SIGHUP</li>
+<li><tt class="docutils literal">eval_capacity</tt> <tt class="docutils literal">workers</tt> should evaluate to sum of all workers
+across all containers</li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="changelog">