diff --git a/lib/helpers.bash b/lib/helpers.bash
index da3abc0a..d4e85fc9 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.bash
+++ b/lib/helpers.bash
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ bash-it ()
         do
             $func $arg
         done
+
+        if [ -n "$BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE" ]; then
+          _bash-it-reload
+        fi
     else
         $func "$@"
     fi
@@ -239,6 +243,10 @@ _bash-it-migrate() {
     done
   done
 
+  if [ -n "$BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE" ]; then
+    _bash-it-reload
+  fi
+
   if [ "$migrated_something" = "true" ]; then
     echo ""
     echo "If any migration errors were reported, please try the following: reload && bash-it migrate"
@@ -455,10 +463,6 @@ _disable-thing ()
 
     _bash-it-clean-component-cache "${file_type}"
 
-    if [ -n "$BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE" ]; then
-        exec ${0/-/}
-    fi
-
     printf '%s\n' "$file_entity disabled."
 }
 
@@ -555,10 +559,6 @@ _enable-thing ()
 
     _bash-it-clean-component-cache "${file_type}"
 
-    if [ -n "$BASH_IT_AUTOMATIC_RELOAD_AFTER_CONFIG_CHANGE" ]; then
-        exec ${0/-/}
-    fi
-
     printf '%s\n' "$file_entity enabled with priority $use_load_priority."
 }