diff --git a/public/locales/en/settings/general/config-changer.json b/public/locales/en/settings/general/config-changer.json
index 2ca62d86f..927547d02 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/settings/general/config-changer.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/settings/general/config-changer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "configSelect": {
-    "label": "Config loader"
+    "label": "Config loader",
+    "loadingNew": "Loading your config...",
+    "pleaseWait": "Please wait until your new config is loaded"
   },
   "modal": {
     "title": "Choose the name of your new config",
diff --git a/src/components/Config/ConfigChanger.tsx b/src/components/Config/ConfigChanger.tsx
index c9f1d204f..7d5c43c33 100644
--- a/src/components/Config/ConfigChanger.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Config/ConfigChanger.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { Center, Loader, Select, Tooltip } from '@mantine/core';
+import { Center, Dialog, Loader, Notification, Select, Tooltip } from '@mantine/core';
+import { useToggle } from '@mantine/hooks';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { setCookie } from 'cookies-next';
 import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useConfigContext } from '../../config/provider';
@@ -7,23 +9,26 @@ import { useConfigContext } from '../../config/provider';
 export default function ConfigChanger() {
   const { t } = useTranslation('settings/general/config-changer');
   const { name: configName } = useConfigContext();
-  //const loadConfig = useConfigStore((x) => x.loadConfig);
+  // const loadConfig = useConfigStore((x) => x.loadConfig);
 
   const { data: configs, isLoading, isError } = useConfigsQuery();
   const [activeConfig, setActiveConfig] = useState(configName);
+  const [isRefreshing, toggle] = useToggle();
 
   const onConfigChange = (value: string) => {
     // TODO: check what should happen here with @manuel-rw
     // Wheter it should check for the current url and then load the new config only on index
     // Or it should always load the selected config and open index or ? --> change url to page
+    setCookie('config-name', value ?? 'default', {
+      maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
+      sameSite: 'strict',
+    });
     setActiveConfig(value);
-    /*
-        loadConfig(e ?? 'default');
-        setCookie('config-name', e ?? 'default', {
-          maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
-          sameSite: 'strict',
-        });
-    */
+    toggle();
+    // Use timeout to wait for the cookie to be set
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      window.location.reload();
+    }, 1000);
   };
 
   // If configlist is empty, return a loading indicator
@@ -38,12 +43,26 @@ export default function ConfigChanger() {
   }
 
   return (
-    <Select
-      label={t('configSelect.label')}
-      value={activeConfig}
-      onChange={onConfigChange}
-      data={configs}
-    />
+    <>
+      <Select
+        label={t('configSelect.label')}
+        value={activeConfig}
+        onChange={onConfigChange}
+        data={configs}
+      />
+      <Dialog
+        position={{ top: 0, left: 0 }}
+        unstyled
+        opened={isRefreshing}
+        onClose={() => toggle()}
+        size="lg"
+        radius="md"
+      >
+        <Notification loading title={t('configSelect.loadingNew')} radius="md" disallowClose>
+          {t('configSelect.pleaseWait')}
+        </Notification>
+      </Dialog>
+    </>
   );
 }