diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index f1bbb0ab9e..8225d27033 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5847,9 +5847,7 @@ void Application::reloadResourceCaches() {
     DependencyManager::get<ScriptEngines>()->reloadAllScripts();
     getOffscreenUI()->clearCache();
 
-    auto keyboard = DependencyManager::get<Keyboard>();
-    keyboard->createKeyboard();
-    keyboard->scaleKeyboard(getMyAvatar()->getSensorToWorldScale());
+    DependencyManager::get<Keyboard>()->createKeyboard();
 
     getMyAvatar()->resetFullAvatarURL();
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
index 1cbe31f1eb..6262210620 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
@@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ void Keyboard::loadKeyboardFile(const QString& keyboardFile) {
         });
         _layerIndex = 0;
         addIncludeItemsToMallets();
+
+        auto myAvatar = DependencyManager::get<AvatarManager>()->getMyAvatar();
+        scaleKeyboard(myAvatar->getSensorToWorldScale());
     });
 
     request->send();