diff --git a/src/admin/server/commands.rs b/src/admin/server/commands.rs
index 47509bad..5c0c2a10 100644
--- a/src/admin/server/commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/server/commands.rs
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ pub(super) async fn reload_config(
 	&self,
 	path: Option<PathBuf>,
 ) -> Result<RoomMessageEventContent> {
-	let path = path.as_deref().into_iter();
-	let config = Config::load(path).and_then(|raw| Config::new(&raw))?;
-	if config.server_name != self.services.server.name {
-		return Err!("You can't change the server name.");
-	}
+	use conduwuit::config::check;
 
-	let _old = self.services.server.config.update(config)?;
+	let path = path.as_deref().into_iter();
+	let new = Config::load(path).and_then(|raw| Config::new(&raw))?;
+
+	let old = &self.services.server.config;
+	check::reload(old, &new)?;
+
+	self.services.server.config.update(new)?;
 
 	Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain("Successfully reconfigured."))
 }
diff --git a/src/core/config/check.rs b/src/core/config/check.rs
index d7be54b1..988d4143 100644
--- a/src/core/config/check.rs
+++ b/src/core/config/check.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,24 @@ use figment::Figment;
 use super::DEPRECATED_KEYS;
 use crate::{debug, debug_info, debug_warn, error, warn, Config, Err, Result, Server};
 
+/// Performs check() with additional checks specific to reloading old config
+/// with new config.
+pub fn reload(old: &Config, new: &Config) -> Result {
+	check(new)?;
+
+	if new.server_name != old.server_name {
+		return Err!(Config(
+			"server_name",
+			"You can't change the server's name from {:?}.",
+			old.server_name
+		));
+	}
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
-pub fn check(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn check(config: &Config) -> Result {
 	if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
 		warn!("Note: conduwuit was built without optimisations (i.e. debug build)");
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/server.rs b/src/main/server.rs
index 74859f2b..7376b2fc 100644
--- a/src/main/server.rs
+++ b/src/main/server.rs
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ impl Server {
 			.and_then(|raw| crate::clap::update(raw, args))
 			.and_then(|raw| Config::new(&raw))?;
 
-		#[cfg(feature = "sentry_telemetry")]
-		let sentry_guard = crate::sentry::init(&config);
-
 		let (tracing_reload_handle, tracing_flame_guard, capture) =
 			crate::logging::init(&config)?;
 
 		config.check()?;
 
+		#[cfg(feature = "sentry_telemetry")]
+		let sentry_guard = crate::sentry::init(&config);
+
 		#[cfg(unix)]
 		sys::maximize_fd_limit()
 			.expect("Unable to increase maximum soft and hard file descriptor limit");