diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.js b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.js
index d21fb5b9..4356a6c3 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.js
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.js
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ const GeneralTab = {
       if (confirm(this.$t('settings.settings_profile_delete_confirm'))) {
         this.$store.dispatch('deleteSettingsProfile', name)
       }
+    },
+    checkAutoReload () {
+      if (this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.autoRefreshOnRequired)
+        location.reload()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
index 257f8dc5..e0c63fc7 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue
@@ -285,22 +285,6 @@
             {{ $t('settings.search_pagination_limit') }}
           </IntegerSetting>
         </li>
-        <li>
-          <BooleanSetting
-            path="dedupeBoosts"
-            expert="1"
-          >
-            {{ $t('settings.dedupe_boosts') }}
-          </BooleanSetting>
-        </li>
-        <li>
-          <BooleanSetting
-            path="showFaviconBadge"
-            expert="1"
-          >
-            {{ $t('settings.show_favicon_badge') }}
-          </BooleanSetting>
-        </li>
         <li>
           <h3>{{ $t('settings.columns') }}</h3>
         </li>
@@ -723,6 +707,43 @@
         </li>
       </ul>
     </div>
+
+    <div
+      v-if="expertLevel > 0"
+    >
+      <div class="setting-item">
+        <h2>{{ $t('settings.requires_refresh') }}</h2>
+        <small>{{ $t('settings.requires_refresh_exp') }}</small>
+        <ul class="setting-list">
+          <li>
+            <BooleanSetting
+              path="autoRefreshOnRequired"
+              expert="1"
+            >
+              {{ $t('settings.auto_refresh_on_required') }}
+            </BooleanSetting>
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <BooleanSetting
+              path="dedupeBoosts"
+              expert="1"
+              @click="checkAutoReload"
+            >
+              {{ $t('settings.dedupe_boosts') }}
+            </BooleanSetting>
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <BooleanSetting
+              path="showFaviconBadge"
+              expert="1"
+              @click="checkAutoReload"
+            >
+              {{ $t('settings.show_favicon_badge') }}
+            </BooleanSetting>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
     <div
       v-if="this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.sillyFeatures"
     >
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index f9a848e7..10116639 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@
         "app_name": "App name",
         "attachmentRadius": "Attachments",
         "attachments": "Attachments",
+        "auto_refresh_on_required": "Automatically refresh when one of the below options are changed",
         "autohide_floating_post_button": "Automatically hide New Post button (mobile)",
         "avatar": "Avatar",
         "avatarAltRadius": "Avatars (notifications)",
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@
         "current_mascot": "Your current mascot",
         "current_password": "Current password",
         "data_import_export_tab": "Data import / export",
-        "dedupe_boosts": "Deduplicate boosts on the timeline (requires refresh/re-fetch)",
+        "dedupe_boosts": "Deduplicate boosts on the timeline",
         "default_vis": "Default visibility scope",
         "delete_account": "Delete account",
         "delete_account_description": "Permanently delete your data and deactivate your account.",
@@ -735,6 +736,8 @@
         "reply_visibility_following_short": "Show replies to my follows",
         "reply_visibility_self": "Only show replies directed at me",
         "reply_visibility_self_short": "Show replies to self only",
+        "requires_refresh": "Requires a page refresh",
+        "requires_refresh_exp": "The below options (except the first) require either a page refresh or some content before their effects are visible. If you'd like to disable automatically refreshing the page when changing these options then toggle the first option.",
         "reset_avatar": "Reset avatar",
         "reset_avatar_confirm": "Do you really want to reset the avatar?",
         "reset_background_confirm": "Do you really want to reset the background?",
@@ -775,7 +778,7 @@
         "settings_profiles_show": "Show all settings profiles",
         "settings_profiles_unshow": "Hide all settings profiles",
         "show_admin_badge": "Show \"Admin\" badge in my profile",
-        "show_favicon_badge": "Show a badge on the page's favicon when there are unread notifications (requires refresh)",
+        "show_favicon_badge": "Show a badge on the page's favicon when there are unread notifications",
         "show_moderator_badge": "Show \"Moderator\" badge in my profile",
         "show_nav_shortcuts": "Show extra navigation shortcuts in top panel",
         "show_panel_nav_shortcuts": "Show timeline navigation shortcuts at the top of the panel",
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 539e31dc..5a558973 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   recurseSearchLimit: 100,
   dedupeBoosts: true,
   showFaviconBadge: true,
+  autoRefreshOnRequired: true,
   renderMisskeyMarkdown: undefined,
   renderMfmOnHover: undefined, // instance default
   conversationDisplay: undefined, // instance default
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index 4afee9e8..a4fbc6ad 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   recurseSearchLimit: 100,
   dedupeBoosts: true,
   showFaviconBadge: true,
+  autoRefreshOnRequired: true,
   renderMisskeyMarkdown: true,
   renderMfmOnHover: false,
   conversationDisplay: 'linear',