diff --git a/lib/plugins/config/admin.php b/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
index 0d314d2e6df6508716cc6109601e66840d5422e0..930eb30c66304a040847a94ddd105b04babfa342 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/config/admin.php
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class admin_plugin_config extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
         $this->_close_session();
         header("Location: ".wl($ID,array('do'=>'admin','page'=>'config'),true,'&'));
         exit();
+      } elseif(!$this->_error) {
+          $this->_config->touch_settings(); // just touch to refresh cache
       }
 
       $this->_close_session();
diff --git a/lib/plugins/config/settings/config.class.php b/lib/plugins/config/settings/config.class.php
index a30a0605b63b5e46384c4ce26f1bc09ed634024e..334e617dd4f6123caf8047d6f921a4bb6010611c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/config/settings/config.class.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/config/settings/config.class.php
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ if (!class_exists('configuration')) {
       return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Update last modified time stamp of the config file
+     */
+    function touch_settings(){
+        if ($this->locked) return false;
+        $file = end($this->_local_files);
+        return @touch($file);
+    }
+
     function _read_config_group($files) {
       $config = array();
       foreach ($files as $file) {