I don't know why it was looking at package.loaded but it isn't now.

lib/rc.lua

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ local function saveConfig()
 end
 
 function rc.load(name,force) -- string boolean -- table -- Attempts to load service *name*, and if *force* is true, replaces the current instance.
- if not package.loaded[name] or force then
+ if not service[name] or force then
   for d in rc.paths:gmatch("[^\n]+") do
    if fs.exists(d.."/"..name..".lua") then
     service[name] = runfile(d.."/"..name..".lua")