potentially made it so saved settings get applied with no reload in most situations

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     }
     });
 
+    this.loadConfig();
+    this.postsService.settings_changed.subscribe(changed => {
+      if (changed) {
+        this.loadConfig();
+      }
+    });
+
+  }
+
+  toggleSidenav() {
+    this.sidenav.toggle();
+  }
+
+  loadConfig() {
     // loading config
     this.postsService.loadNavItems().subscribe(res => { // loads settings
       const result = !this.postsService.debugMode ? res['config_file'] : res;
@@ -71,11 +85,6 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     }, error => {
       console.log(error);
     });
-
-  }
-
-  toggleSidenav() {
-    this.sidenav.toggle();
   }
 
   // theme stuff

src/app/main/main.component.ts

@@ -213,6 +213,25 @@ export class MainComponent implements OnInit {
     private router: Router, public dialog: MatDialog, private platform: Platform, private route: ActivatedRoute) {
     this.audioOnly = false;
 
+    this.configLoad();
+
+    this.postsService.settings_changed.subscribe(changed => {
+      if (changed) {
+        this.loadConfig();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async configLoad() {
+    await this.loadConfig();
+    if (this.autoStartDownload) {
+      this.downloadClicked();
+    }
+
+    setInterval(() => this.getSimulatedOutput(), 1000);
+  }
+
+  async loadConfig() {
     // loading config
     this.postsService.loadNavItems().subscribe(res => { // loads settings
       const result = !this.postsService.debugMode ? res['config_file'] : res;
@@ -266,16 +285,13 @@ export class MainComponent implements OnInit {
         if (youtubeUsername && youtubeUsername !== 'null') { this.youtubeUsername = youtubeUsername };
       }
 
-      if (this.autoStartDownload) {
+      return true;
-        this.downloadClicked();
-      }
-
-      setInterval(() => this.getSimulatedOutput(), 1000);
 
     }, error => {
       console.log(error);
-    });
 
+      return false;
+    });
   }
 
   // app initialization.

src/app/posts.services.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';
 import { THEMES_CONFIG } from '../themes';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/common';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class PostsService {
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export class PostsService {
     handShakeComplete = false;
     THEMES_CONFIG = THEMES_CONFIG;
     theme;
+    settings_changed = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
 
     debugMode = false;
     constructor(private http: HttpClient, private router: Router, @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document: Document) {

src/app/settings/settings.component.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit {
     this.postsService.setConfig(settingsToSave).subscribe(res => {
       if (res['success']) {
         // sets new config as old config
+        this.postsService.settings_changed.next(true);
         this.initial_config = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.new_config));
       }
     }, err => {