diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/ClientPonyConfigHDSkins.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/ClientPonyConfigHDSkins.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74ae91a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/ClientPonyConfigHDSkins.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.minelittlepony.client.gui.hdskins;
+
+import com.minelittlepony.client.settings.ClientPonyConfig;
+import com.minelittlepony.hdskins.HDSkins;
+import com.minelittlepony.settings.PonyLevel;
+
+class ClientPonyConfigHDSkins extends ClientPonyConfig {
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPonyLevel(PonyLevel ponylevel) {
+        // only trigger reloads when the value actually changes
+        if (ponylevel != getPonyLevel()) {
+            HDSkins.getInstance().getSkinParser().execute();
+        }
+
+        super.setPonyLevel(ponylevel);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/MineLPHDSkins.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/MineLPHDSkins.java
index 72586e8f..2b735f5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/MineLPHDSkins.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/gui/hdskins/MineLPHDSkins.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import net.minecraft.client.MinecraftClient;
 import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;
 
 import com.minelittlepony.client.MineLPClient;
+import com.minelittlepony.client.settings.ClientPonyConfig;
 import com.minelittlepony.client.LegacySkinConverter;
 import com.minelittlepony.hdskins.HDSkins;
 import com.minelittlepony.hdskins.ISkinCacheClearListener;
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ class MineLPHDSkins extends MineLPClient implements ISkinCacheClearListener {
         manager.setSkinsGui(GuiSkinsMineLP::new);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected ClientPonyConfig createConfig() {
+        return new ClientPonyConfigHDSkins();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Map<MinecraftProfileTexture.Type, Identifier> getProfileTextures(@Nullable GameProfile profile) {
         return HDSkins.getInstance().getTextures(profile);