diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 5e597dab..43b32b4e 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ void resetConfig();
 void readConfig();
 void _activateConfig();
 void readConfigFromMemory(bool configFromFlash);
+bool configStoredInFlash()
+{
+    return configLengthFlash > 0;
+}
+bool configStoredInEEPROM()
+{
+    return configLengthEEPROM > 0;
+}
 
 // ************************************************************
 // configBuffer handling
@@ -122,22 +130,21 @@ void OnSetConfig()
 #ifdef DEBUG2CMDMESSENGER
     cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kDebug, F("Setting config start"));
 #endif
-    // For now a config can only be saved if NO config in flash is available
-    // otherwise a config from flash would be sent from the connector
-    // and saved in the EEPROM, so the config get's doubled
-    if (configLengthFlash == 0) {
-        char   *cfg    = cmdMessenger.readStringArg();
-        uint8_t cfgLen = strlen(cfg);
-
-        if (configLengthEEPROM + cfgLen + 1 < MEM_LEN_CONFIG) {
-            MFeeprom.write_block(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG + configLengthEEPROM, cfg, cfgLen + 1); // save the received config string including the terminatung NULL (+1) to EEPROM
-            configLengthEEPROM += cfgLen;
-            cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kStatus, configLengthEEPROM);
-        } else
-            cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kStatus, -1); // last successfull saving block is already NULL terminated, nothing more todo
-    } else {
+    // A config can be in flash or in EEPROM, but only one option must be used
+    // Once a config is in EEPROM, this config will be loaded and reported to the connector
+    // If no config is in EEPROM, the config from flash will be used if available
+    // This ensures backwards compatibility if a board gets updated with a config in flash
+    // but also have a user config in EEPROM
+    char   *cfg    = cmdMessenger.readStringArg();
+    uint8_t cfgLen = strlen(cfg);
+
+    bool maxConfigLengthNotExceeded = configLengthEEPROM + cfgLen + 1 < MEM_LEN_CONFIG;
+    if (maxConfigLengthNotExceeded) {
+        MFeeprom.write_block(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG + configLengthEEPROM, cfg, cfgLen + 1); // save the received config string including the terminatung NULL (+1) to EEPROM
+        configLengthEEPROM += cfgLen;
         cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kStatus, configLengthEEPROM);
-    }
+    } else
+        cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kStatus, -1); // last successfull saving block is already NULL terminated, nothing more todo
 #ifdef DEBUG2CMDMESSENGER
     cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kDebug, F("Setting config end"));
 #endif
@@ -365,19 +372,17 @@ void InitArrays(uint8_t *numberDevices)
 void readConfig()
 {
     uint8_t numberDevices[kTypeMax] = {0};
-    if (configLengthFlash > 0) {
-        GetArraySizes(numberDevices, true);
-    }
-    if (configLengthEEPROM > 0) {
-        GetArraySizes(numberDevices, false);
+
+    // Early return if no valid configuration is found
+    if (!configStoredInFlash() && !configStoredInEEPROM()) {
+        InitArrays(numberDevices);
+        return;
     }
+
+    // Determine which configuration to use and proceed
+    GetArraySizes(numberDevices, configStoredInFlash());
     InitArrays(numberDevices);
-    if (configLengthFlash > 0) {
-        readConfigFromMemory(true);
-    }
-    if (configLengthEEPROM > 0) {
-        readConfigFromMemory(false);
-    }
+    readConfigFromMemory(configStoredInFlash());
 }
 
 void readConfigFromMemory(bool configFromFlash)
@@ -577,23 +582,17 @@ void readConfigFromMemory(bool configFromFlash)
 
 void OnGetConfig()
 {
-    bool sentFromFlash = false;
     cmdMessenger.sendCmdStart(kInfo);
-    if (configLengthFlash > 0) {
+    if (configStoredInEEPROM()) {
+        cmdMessenger.sendCmdArg((char)MFeeprom.read_byte(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG));
+        for (uint16_t i = 1; i < configLengthEEPROM; i++) {
+            cmdMessenger.sendArg((char)MFeeprom.read_byte(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG + i));
+        }
+    } else if (configStoredInFlash()) {
         cmdMessenger.sendCmdArg((char)pgm_read_byte_near(CustomDeviceConfig));
         for (uint16_t i = 1; i < (configLengthFlash - 1); i++) {
             cmdMessenger.sendArg((char)pgm_read_byte_near(CustomDeviceConfig + i));
         }
-        sentFromFlash = true;
-    }
-    if (configLengthEEPROM > 0) {
-        if (sentFromFlash)
-            cmdMessenger.sendArg((char)MFeeprom.read_byte(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG));
-        else
-            cmdMessenger.sendCmdArg((char)MFeeprom.read_byte(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG));
-        for (uint16_t i = 1; i < configLengthEEPROM; i++) {
-            cmdMessenger.sendArg((char)MFeeprom.read_byte(MEM_OFFSET_CONFIG + i));
-        }
     }
     cmdMessenger.sendCmdEnd();
 }
@@ -719,8 +718,10 @@ void OnGenNewSerial()
 // ************************************************************
 void storeName()
 {
-    MFeeprom.write_byte(MEM_OFFSET_NAME, '#');
-    MFeeprom.write_block(MEM_OFFSET_NAME + 1, name, MEM_LEN_NAME - 1);
+    if (!configStoredInFlash()) {
+        MFeeprom.write_byte(MEM_OFFSET_NAME, '#');
+        MFeeprom.write_block(MEM_OFFSET_NAME + 1, name, MEM_LEN_NAME - 1);
+    }
 }
 
 void restoreName()
@@ -734,8 +735,10 @@ void restoreName()
 void OnSetName()
 {
     char *cfg = cmdMessenger.readStringArg();
-    memcpy(name, cfg, MEM_LEN_NAME);
-    storeName();
+    if (!configStoredInFlash()) {
+        memcpy(name, cfg, MEM_LEN_NAME);
+        storeName();
+    }
     cmdMessenger.sendCmd(kStatus, name);
 }