diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
index 9190e4f99f..e10007784f 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ void DomainServerSettingsManager::recurseJSONObjectAndOverwriteSettings(const QJ
             settingsVariant.remove(rootKey);
         }
     }
+
+    // re-merge the user and master configs after a settings change
+    _configMap.mergeMasterAndUserConfigs();
 }
 
 void DomainServerSettingsManager::persistToFile() {
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.cpp
index 95c8519314..5d21473fd8 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ void HifiConfigVariantMap::loadMasterAndUserConfig(const QStringList& argumentLi
 
     loadMapFromJSONFile(_userConfig, _userConfigFilename);
 
+    mergeMasterAndUserConfigs();
+}
+
+void HifiConfigVariantMap::mergeMasterAndUserConfigs() {
     // the merged config is initially matched to the master config
     _mergedConfig = _masterConfig;
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.h b/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.h
index bf1e84dffc..e92561cff5 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/HifiConfigVariantMap.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public:
     QVariantMap& getUserConfig() { return _userConfig; }
     QVariantMap& getMergedConfig() { return _mergedConfig; }
 
+    void mergeMasterAndUserConfigs();
+
     const QString& getUserConfigFilename() const { return _userConfigFilename; }
 private:
     QString _userConfigFilename;