diff --git a/src/services/configService.ts b/src/services/configService.ts
index 22142528..c01fee7e 100644
--- a/src/services/configService.ts
+++ b/src/services/configService.ts
@@ -64,5 +64,11 @@ export const config: IConfig = {
 };
 
 export const loadConfig = (): void => {
+    // Set all values to undefined now so if the new config.json omits some fields that were previously present, it's correct in-memory.
+    for (const key of Object.keys(config)) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+        (config as any)[key] = undefined;
+    }
+
     Object.assign(config, JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, "utf-8")));
 };
diff --git a/src/services/configWatcherService.ts b/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
index f32bddf2..e8584785 100644
--- a/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
+++ b/src/services/configWatcherService.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ fs.watchFile(configPath, () => {
         amnesia = false;
     } else {
         logger.info("Detected a change to config.json, reloading its contents.");
-
-        // Set all values to undefined now so if the new config.json omits some fields that were previously present, it's correct in-memory.
-        for (const key of Object.keys(config)) {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-            (config as any)[key] = undefined;
-        }
-
         try {
             loadConfig();
         } catch (e) {