diff --git a/client/amnezia_application.cpp b/client/amnezia_application.cpp
index 8706be58..7bac2cf6 100644
--- a/client/amnezia_application.cpp
+++ b/client/amnezia_application.cpp
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ void AmneziaApplication::initControllers()
         QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, [this]() { m_connectionController->openConnection(); });
     }
     connect(m_settingsController.get(), &SettingsController::amneziaDnsToggled, m_serversModel.get(), &ServersModel::toggleAmneziaDns);
+    connect(m_settingsController.get(), &SettingsController::strictKillSwitchEnabledChanged, m_vpnConnection.get(), &VpnConnection::onKillswitchModeChanged);
 
     m_sitesController.reset(new SitesController(m_settings, m_vpnConnection, m_sitesModel));
     m_engine->rootContext()->setContextProperty("SitesController", m_sitesController.get());
diff --git a/client/vpnconnection.cpp b/client/vpnconnection.cpp
index 042c51c7..bdd44c61 100644
--- a/client/vpnconnection.cpp
+++ b/client/vpnconnection.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ void VpnConnection::onBytesChanged(quint64 receivedBytes, quint64 sentBytes)
     emit bytesChanged(receivedBytes, sentBytes);
 }
 
+void VpnConnection::onKillswitchModeChanged()
+{
+#ifdef AMNEZIA_DESKTOP
+    IpcClient::Interface()->refreshKillSwitch();
+#endif
+}
+
 void VpnConnection::onConnectionStateChanged(Vpn::ConnectionState state)
 {
 
diff --git a/client/vpnconnection.h b/client/vpnconnection.h
index 0160edce..cc7bf0f5 100644
--- a/client/vpnconnection.h
+++ b/client/vpnconnection.h
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ public:
 
 public slots:
     void connectToVpn(int serverIndex,
-        const ServerCredentials &credentials, DockerContainer container, const QJsonObject &vpnConfiguration);
+    const ServerCredentials &credentials, DockerContainer container, const QJsonObject &vpnConfiguration);
 
     void disconnectFromVpn();
 
-
     void addRoutes(const QStringList &ips);
     void deleteRoutes(const QStringList &ips);
     void flushDns();
+    void onKillswitchModeChanged();
 
 signals:
     void bytesChanged(quint64 receivedBytes, quint64 sentBytes);
diff --git a/ipc/ipc_interface.rep b/ipc/ipc_interface.rep
index 0ce7626a..c36893b9 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_interface.rep
+++ b/ipc/ipc_interface.rep
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class IpcInterface
 
     SLOT( bool disableKillSwitch() );
     SLOT( bool disableAllTraffic() );
+    SLOT( bool refreshKillSwitch() );
     SLOT( bool allowTrafficTo( const QStringList ranges ) );
     SLOT( bool enablePeerTraffic( const QJsonObject &configStr) );
     SLOT( bool enableKillSwitch( const QJsonObject &excludeAddr, int vpnAdapterIndex) );
diff --git a/ipc/ipcserver.cpp b/ipc/ipcserver.cpp
index e3f729a0..598c7144 100644
--- a/ipc/ipcserver.cpp
+++ b/ipc/ipcserver.cpp
@@ -203,3 +203,8 @@ bool IpcServer::enablePeerTraffic(const QJsonObject &configStr)
 {
     return KillSwitch::instance()->enablePeerTraffic(configStr);
 }
+
+bool IpcServer::refreshKillSwitch()
+{
+    return KillSwitch::instance()->refresh();
+}
diff --git a/ipc/ipcserver.h b/ipc/ipcserver.h
index 452534cd..93d827a1 100644
--- a/ipc/ipcserver.h
+++ b/ipc/ipcserver.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool enablePeerTraffic(const QJsonObject &configStr) override;
     virtual bool enableKillSwitch(const QJsonObject &excludeAddr, int vpnAdapterIndex) override;
     virtual bool disableKillSwitch() override;
+    virtual bool refreshKillSwitch() override;
     virtual bool updateResolvers(const QString& ifname, const QList<QHostAddress>& resolvers) override;
 
 private:
diff --git a/service/server/killswitch.cpp b/service/server/killswitch.cpp
index 89dc0917..261ac789 100644
--- a/service/server/killswitch.cpp
+++ b/service/server/killswitch.cpp
@@ -43,15 +43,24 @@ bool KillSwitch::init()
         MacOSFirewall::install();
     }
 #endif
-    m_appSettigns = QSharedPointer<SecureQSettings>(new SecureQSettings(ORGANIZATION_NAME, APPLICATION_NAME, nullptr));
     if (isStrictKillSwitchEnabled()) {
         return disableAllTraffic();
     }
     return true;
 }
 
+bool KillSwitch::refresh()
+{
+    if (isStrictKillSwitchEnabled()) {
+        return disableAllTraffic();
+    }  else {
+        return disableKillSwitch();
+    }
+}
+
 bool KillSwitch::isStrictKillSwitchEnabled()
 {
+    m_appSettigns = QSharedPointer<SecureQSettings>(new SecureQSettings(ORGANIZATION_NAME, APPLICATION_NAME, nullptr));
     return m_appSettigns->value("Conf/strictKillSwitchEnabled", false).toBool();
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +107,6 @@ bool KillSwitch::disableKillSwitch() {
 #endif
 
     return true;
-
 }
 
 bool KillSwitch::disableAllTraffic() {
diff --git a/service/server/killswitch.h b/service/server/killswitch.h
index d6fc0a0e..4659606d 100644
--- a/service/server/killswitch.h
+++ b/service/server/killswitch.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class KillSwitch : public QObject
 public:
     static KillSwitch *instance();
     bool init();
+    bool refresh();
     bool disableKillSwitch();
     bool disableAllTraffic();
     bool enablePeerTraffic( const QJsonObject &configStr);