diff --git a/src/MeshBluetoothService.cpp b/src/MeshBluetoothService.cpp
index ced1a7878..73b687608 100644
--- a/src/MeshBluetoothService.cpp
+++ b/src/MeshBluetoothService.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,38 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+// wrap our protobuf version with something that forces the service to reload the config
+class RadioCharacteristic : public ProtobufCharacteristic
+{
+public:
+    RadioCharacteristic()
+        : ProtobufCharacteristic("b56786c8-839a-44a1-b98e-a1724c4a0262", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE | BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, RadioConfig_fields, &radioConfig)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void onWrite(BLECharacteristic *c)
+    {
+        ProtobufCharacteristic::onWrite(c);
+        service.reloadConfig();
+    }
+};
+
+// wrap our protobuf version with something that forces the service to reload the owner
+class OwnerCharacteristic : public ProtobufCharacteristic
+{
+public:
+    OwnerCharacteristic()
+        : ProtobufCharacteristic("6ff1d8b6-e2de-41e3-8c0b-8fa384f64eb6", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE | BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, User_fields, &owner)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void onWrite(BLECharacteristic *c)
+    {
+        ProtobufCharacteristic::onWrite(c);
+        service.reloadOwner();
+    }
+};
+
 static BLECharacteristic
     meshFromRadioCharacteristic("8ba2bcc2-ee02-4a55-a531-c525c5e454d5", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ),
     meshToRadioCharacteristic("f75c76d2-129e-4dad-a1dd-7866124401e7", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE),
@@ -87,9 +119,11 @@ static BLECharacteristic
 static NodeInfoCharacteristic meshNodeInfoCharacteristic;
 
 static ProtobufCharacteristic
-    meshMyNodeCharacteristic("ea9f3f82-8dc4-4733-9452-1f6da28892a2", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, MyNodeInfo_fields, &myNodeInfo),
-    meshRadioCharacteristic("b56786c8-839a-44a1-b98e-a1724c4a0262", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE | BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, RadioConfig_fields, &radioConfig),
-    meshOwnerCharacteristic("6ff1d8b6-e2de-41e3-8c0b-8fa384f64eb6", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_WRITE | BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, User_fields, &owner);
+    meshMyNodeCharacteristic("ea9f3f82-8dc4-4733-9452-1f6da28892a2", BLECharacteristic::PROPERTY_READ, MyNodeInfo_fields, &myNodeInfo);
+
+static OwnerCharacteristic meshOwnerCharacteristic;
+
+static RadioCharacteristic meshRadioCharacteristic;
 
 /**
  * Tell any bluetooth clients that the number of rx packets has changed
diff --git a/src/MeshRadio.h b/src/MeshRadio.h
index 8a02b793a..6f706737a 100644
--- a/src/MeshRadio.h
+++ b/src/MeshRadio.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public:
     /// for received packets it will call the rx handler
     void loop();
 
+    /// The radioConfig object just changed, call this to force the hw to change to the new settings
+    void reloadConfig() { Serial.println("FIXME add reloadConfig"); }
+
 private:
     RH_RF95 rf95; // the raw radio interface
     RHMesh manager;
diff --git a/src/MeshService.h b/src/MeshService.h
index ab7d8661e..f274f1e3f 100644
--- a/src/MeshService.h
+++ b/src/MeshService.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ public:
     /// Given a ToRadio buffer (from bluetooth) parse it and properly handle it (setup radio, owner or send packet into the mesh)
     void handleToRadio(std::string s);
 
+    /// The radioConfig object just changed, call this to force the hw to change to the new settings
+    void reloadConfig() { radio.reloadConfig(); }
+
+    /// The owner User record just got updated, update our node DB and broadcast the info into the mesh
+    void reloadOwner() { Serial.println("FIXME implement reloadOwner"); }
+    
 private:
 
     /// Send a packet into the mesh - note p is read only and should be copied into a pool based MeshPacket before