diff --git a/src/addons.js b/src/addons.js
index 49fb31965..df59d4929 100644
--- a/src/addons.js
+++ b/src/addons.js
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ function configureService(id, data, callback) {
             settings.setPlatformConfig(servicesConfig, function (error) {
                 if (error) return callback(error);
 
+                updateServiceConfig(servicesConfig, NOOP_CALLBACK); // this can take a while
+
                 callback(null);
             });
         }
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index 0a93f390c..ba3692e4c 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     _setApiServerOrigin: setApiServerOrigin
 };
 
-const NOOP_CALLBACK = function (error) { if (error) debug(error); };
-
-var addons = require('./addons.js'),
-    assert = require('assert'),
+const assert = require('assert'),
     backups = require('./backups.js'),
     BoxError = require('./boxerror.js'),
     constants = require('./constants.js'),
@@ -454,9 +451,9 @@ function setPlatformConfig(platformConfig, callback) {
     settingsdb.set(exports.PLATFORM_CONFIG_KEY, JSON.stringify(platformConfig), function (error) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
-        callback(null); // updating service config can take a while
+        notifyChange(exports.PLATFORM_CONFIG_KEY, platformConfig);
 
-        addons.updateServiceConfig(platformConfig, NOOP_CALLBACK);
+        callback(null);
     });
 }