diff --git a/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts b/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
index 2a8ef6a4..ee70b105 100644
--- a/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ export class SettingsMWs {
     try {
       let settings = req.body.settings; // Top level settings JSON
       const settingsPath: string = req.body.settingsPath; // Name of the top level settings
-
       const transformer = await Config.original();
+      console.log('pre settings');
+      console.log(settings);
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
       // @ts-ignore
       transformer[settingsPath] = settings;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ export class SettingsMWs {
       settings = ConfigClassBuilder.attachPrivateInterface(transformer[settingsPath]).toJSON({
         skipTags: {secret: true} as TAGS
       });
+      console.log('post settings');
+      console.log(settings);
       const original = await Config.original();
       // only updating explicitly set config (not saving config set by the diagnostics)
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
diff --git a/src/common/config/private/Config.ts b/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
index 00cda39e..b7f980d8 100644
--- a/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
+++ b/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,15 @@ export class PrivateConfigClass extends ServerConfig {
       require('../../../../package.json').buildCommitHash;
     this.Environment.upTime = upTime;
     this.Environment.isDocker = !!process.env.PI_DOCKER;
+    console.log('CONFIG', ServerEnvironment);
     if (typeof ServerEnvironment.sendMailAvailable !== 'undefined') {
       this.Environment.sendMailAvailable = ServerEnvironment.sendMailAvailable;
       if(!this.Environment.sendMailAvailable){ //onNewValue is not yet available as a callback
         this.Messaging.Email.type = EmailMessagingType.SMTP;
       }
     }
+    console.log('CONFIG', this.Environment.sendMailAvailable);
+    console.log('CONFIG', this.Messaging.Email.type);
   }
 
   async original(): Promise<PrivateConfigClass & IConfigClass> {
diff --git a/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts b/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
index e9b60a19..ffd81878 100644
--- a/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
+++ b/src/common/config/private/PrivateConfig.ts
@@ -1054,9 +1054,11 @@ export class ServerEnvironmentConfig {
   @ConfigProperty<boolean, ServerConfig, TAGS>({
     volatile: true,
     onNewValue: (value, config) => {
+      console.log('onNewValue', value, config.Messaging.Email.type);
       if (value === false) {
         config.Messaging.Email.type = EmailMessagingType.SMTP;
       }
+      console.log('onNewValue after', value, config.Messaging.Email.type);
     },
     description: 'App updates on start-up if sendmail binary is available'
   })
diff --git a/test/backend/unit/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts b/test/backend/unit/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
index 8a759748..0abc961a 100644
--- a/test/backend/unit/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
+++ b/test/backend/unit/middlewares/admin/SettingsMWs.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ describe('Settings middleware', () => {
         settings: ConfigClassBuilder.attachPrivateInterface(new ServerUserConfig()).toJSON()
       }
     };
+    console.log('Settings', req);
     req.body.settings.enforcedUsers = [];
     const next: any = (err: ErrorDTO) => {
       try {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Settings middleware', () => {
 
     ServerEnvironment.sendMailAvailable = false;
     Config.Environment.sendMailAvailable = false
-    Config.Messaging.Email.type = EmailMessagingType.sendmail;;
+    Config.Messaging.Email.type = EmailMessagingType.sendmail;
     const req: any = {
       session: {},
       sessionOptions: {},