diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e57c155..39356c7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -90,12 +90,15 @@ void setup()
                 config.clear();
                 config.end();
                 // respond with default config
-                onGetConfig(config, request); });
+                onGetConfig(config, request);
+
+                ESP.restart(); });
 
     server.onRequestBody([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, uint8_t *data, size_t len, size_t index, size_t total)
                          {
                             if (request->url() == "/config" && request->method() == HTTP_PUT) {
                                 onPutConfig(request, data, len, index, total);
+                                ESP.restart();
                             } });
 
     delay(1000);