diff --git a/src/config/legacy/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/legacy/ConfigManager.cpp
index 3b397b42d..bbb63daf7 100644
--- a/src/config/legacy/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/legacy/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -959,8 +959,6 @@ Hyprlang::CParseResult CConfigManager::reloadRules() {
 }
 
 void CConfigManager::postConfigReload(const Hyprlang::CParseResult& result) {
-    Config::watcher()->update();
-
     for (auto const& w : g_pCompositor->m_windows) {
         w->uncacheWindowDecos();
     }
diff --git a/src/config/lua/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/lua/ConfigManager.cpp
index 685f925f4..3ad70b9ba 100644
--- a/src/config/lua/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/lua/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -482,8 +482,6 @@ void CConfigManager::postConfigReload() {
     static auto PENABLESTDOUT   = CConfigValue<Config::INTEGER>("debug.enable_stdout_logs");
     static auto PAUTOGENERATED  = CConfigValue<Config::INTEGER>("autogenerated");
 
-    Config::watcher()->update();
-
     for (auto const& w : g_pCompositor->m_windows) {
         w->uncacheWindowDecos();
     }
diff --git a/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.cpp b/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.cpp
index 0715594b6..675a68ef0 100644
--- a/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.cpp
+++ b/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "../../../desktop/rule/Engine.hpp"
 
 #include "../../shared/monitor/MonitorRuleManager.hpp"
+#include "../../shared/inotify/ConfigWatcher.hpp"
 
 using namespace Config;
 using namespace Config::Supplementary;
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ void CPropRefresher::scheduleRefresh(PropRefreshBits prop) {
                 }
             }
 
+            if (m_propsTripped & REFRESH_CONFIG_WATCHER)
+                Config::watcher()->update();
+
             m_scheduled    = false;
             m_propsTripped = 0;
         });
diff --git a/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.hpp b/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.hpp
index e8094753a..3d4d29e3a 100644
--- a/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.hpp
+++ b/src/config/supplementary/propRefresher/PropRefresher.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "../../../helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
 
 namespace Config::Supplementary {
-    enum ePropRefreshProp : uint8_t {
+    enum ePropRefreshProp : uint16_t {
         REFRESH_LAYOUTS        = (1 << 0),
         REFRESH_INPUT_DEVICES  = (1 << 1),
         REFRESH_SCREEN_SHADER  = (1 << 2),
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Config::Supplementary {
         REFRESH_WINDOW_STATES  = (1 << 5) | REFRESH_RULES,
         REFRESH_MONITOR_STATES = (1 << 6) | REFRESH_LAYOUTS,
         REFRESH_CURSOR_ZOOMS   = (1 << 7),
+        REFRESH_CONFIG_WATCHER = (1 << 8),
 
         REFRESH_ALL = std::numeric_limits<std::underlying_type_t<ePropRefreshProp>>::max(),
     };
diff --git a/src/config/values/ConfigValues.cpp b/src/config/values/ConfigValues.cpp
index ff23ab5d3..abf8ecab5 100644
--- a/src/config/values/ConfigValues.cpp
+++ b/src/config/values/ConfigValues.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ std::vector<SP<IValue>> Values::getConfigValues() {
         MS<Bool>("misc:layers_hog_keyboard_focus", "If true, will make keyboard-interactive layers keep their focus on mouse move.", true),
         MS<Bool>("misc:animate_manual_resizes", "If true, will animate manual window resizes/moves", false),
         MS<Bool>("misc:animate_mouse_windowdragging", "If true, will animate windows being dragged by mouse.", false),
-        MS<Bool>("misc:disable_autoreload", "If true, the config will not reload automatically on save.", false),
+        MS<Bool>("misc:disable_autoreload", "If true, the config will not reload automatically on save.", false, {.refresh = Supplementary::REFRESH_CONFIG_WATCHER}),
         MS<Bool>("misc:enable_swallow", "Enable window swallowing", false),
         MS<String>("misc:swallow_regex", "The class regex to be used for windows that should be swallowed.", STRVAL_EMPTY),
         MS<String>("misc:swallow_exception_regex", "The title regex to be used for windows that should not be swallowed.", STRVAL_EMPTY),