diff --git a/server-console/src/main.js b/server-console/src/main.js
index 6c82230601..a7855ab063 100644
--- a/server-console/src/main.js
+++ b/server-console/src/main.js
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ function checkNewContent() {
                   } else {
                       // They don't want to update, mark content set as current
                       userConfig.set('homeContentLastModified', new Date());
+                      userConfig.save(configPath);
                   }
               });
             }
@@ -676,6 +677,7 @@ function maybeInstallDefaultContentSet(onComplete) {
             }
             log.debug('Copied home content over to: ' + getRootHifiDataDirectory());
             userConfig.set('homeContentLastModified', new Date());
+            userConfig.save(configPath);
             onComplete();
         });
         return;
@@ -756,6 +758,7 @@ function maybeInstallDefaultContentSet(onComplete) {
             // response and decompression complete, return
             log.debug("Finished unarchiving home content set");
             userConfig.set('homeContentLastModified', new Date());
+            userConfig.save(configPath);
             sendStateUpdate('complete');
         });
 
@@ -766,6 +769,7 @@ function maybeInstallDefaultContentSet(onComplete) {
         });
 
         userConfig.set('hasRun', true);
+        userConfig.save(configPath);
     });
 }