diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseConfigurationManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseConfigurationManager.cs
index fa4b3080c9..8503a358e4 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -134,6 +134,35 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Manually pre-loads a factory so that it is available pre system initialisation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Class to register.</typeparam>
+        public virtual void RegisterConfiguration<T>()
+        {
+            if (!typeof(IConfigurationFactory).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(T)))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Parameter does not implement IConfigurationFactory");
+            }
+
+            IConfigurationFactory factory = (IConfigurationFactory)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
+
+            if (_configurationFactories == null)
+            {
+                _configurationFactories = new IConfigurationFactory[] { factory };
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var list = _configurationFactories.ToList<IConfigurationFactory>();
+                list.Add(factory);
+                _configurationFactories = list.ToArray();
+            }
+
+            _configurationStores = _configurationFactories
+                .SelectMany(i => i.GetConfigurations())
+                .ToArray();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds parts.
         /// </summary>
@@ -269,7 +298,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public object GetConfiguration(string key, Type objectType = null)
+        public object GetConfiguration(string key)
         {
             return _configurations.GetOrAdd(key, k =>
             {
@@ -278,12 +307,12 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
                 var configurationInfo = _configurationStores
                     .FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(i.Key, key, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
-                if (configurationInfo == null && objectType == null)
+                if (configurationInfo == null)
                 {
                     throw new ResourceNotFoundException("Configuration with key " + key + " not found.");
                 }
 
-                var configurationType = configurationInfo?.ConfigurationType ?? objectType;
+                var configurationType = configurationInfo.ConfigurationType;
 
                 lock (_configurationSyncLock)
                 {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index ecd26c0d84..768f7a9c8d 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             _fileSystemManager = fileSystem;
 
             ConfigurationManager = new ServerConfigurationManager(ApplicationPaths, LoggerFactory, _xmlSerializer, _fileSystemManager);
+            MigrateNetworkConfiguration();
 
+            // Have to pre-register the NetworkConfigurationFactory.
+            ConfigurationManager.RegisterConfiguration<NetworkConfigurationFactory>();
             NetManager = new NetworkManager((IServerConfigurationManager)ConfigurationManager, LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<NetworkManager>());
-            NetManager.UpdateSettings(GetNetworkConfiguration());
 
             Logger = LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<ApplicationHost>();
 
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             ApplicationUserAgent = Name.Replace(' ', '-') + "/" + ApplicationVersionString;
         }
 
-        private NetworkConfiguration GetNetworkConfiguration()
+        private void MigrateNetworkConfiguration()
         {
             string path = Path.Combine(ConfigurationManager.CommonApplicationPaths.ConfigurationDirectoryPath, "network.xml");
             if (!File.Exists(path))
@@ -312,11 +314,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 var networkSettings = new NetworkConfiguration();
                 ClassMigrationHelper.CopyProperties(ServerConfigurationManager.Configuration, networkSettings);
                 _xmlSerializer.SerializeToFile(networkSettings, path);
-
-                return networkSettings;
+                Logger.LogDebug("Successfully migrated network settings.");
             }
-
-            return (NetworkConfiguration)ConfigurationManager.GetConfiguration("network", typeof(NetworkConfiguration));
         }
 
         public string ExpandVirtualPath(string path)
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
index 09d72e8b10..53f94cf375 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
         public ActionResult<ServerConfiguration> GetConfiguration()
         {
-            // TODO: Temp workaround until the web can be changed.
-            var net = _configurationManager.GetNetworkConfiguration();
-            ClassMigrationHelper.CopyProperties(net, _configurationManager.Configuration);
-
             return _configurationManager.Configuration;
         }
 
@@ -70,12 +66,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
         public ActionResult UpdateConfiguration([FromBody, Required] ServerConfiguration configuration)
         {
             _configurationManager.ReplaceConfiguration(configuration);
-
-            // TODO: Temp workaround until the web can be changed.
-            var network = _configurationManager.GetNetworkConfiguration();
-            ClassMigrationHelper.CopyProperties(configuration, network);
-            _configurationManager.SaveConfiguration("Network", network);
-
             return NoContent();
         }
 
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Networking/Manager/NetworkManager.cs b/Jellyfin.Networking/Manager/NetworkManager.cs
index 26614c85e0..6d6b7ebc4e 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Networking/Manager/NetworkManager.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Networking/Manager/NetworkManager.cs
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Networking.Manager
             _publishedServerUrls = new Dictionary<IPNetAddress, string>();
             _eventFireLock = new object();
 
+            UpdateSettings(_configurationManager.GetNetworkConfiguration());
+
             NetworkChange.NetworkAddressChanged += OnNetworkAddressChanged;
             NetworkChange.NetworkAvailabilityChanged += OnNetworkAvailabilityChanged;
 
-            _configurationManager.ConfigurationUpdated += ConfigurationUpdated;
+            _configurationManager.NamedConfigurationUpdated += ConfigurationUpdated;
         }
 #pragma warning restore CS8618 // Non-nullable field is uninitialized.
 
@@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Networking.Manager
             {
                 if (disposing)
                 {
-                    _configurationManager.ConfigurationUpdated -= ConfigurationUpdated;
+                    _configurationManager.NamedConfigurationUpdated -= ConfigurationUpdated;
                     NetworkChange.NetworkAddressChanged -= OnNetworkAddressChanged;
                     NetworkChange.NetworkAvailabilityChanged -= OnNetworkAvailabilityChanged;
                 }
@@ -609,9 +611,12 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Networking.Manager
             }
         }
 
-        private void ConfigurationUpdated(object? sender, EventArgs args)
+        private void ConfigurationUpdated(object? sender, ConfigurationUpdateEventArgs evt)
         {
-            UpdateSettings(_configurationManager.GetNetworkConfiguration());
+            if (evt.Key.Equals("network", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                UpdateSettings(evt.NewConfiguration);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/IConfigurationManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/IConfigurationManager.cs
index 7bcd4d8ed3..17520f8a37 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/IConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Configuration/IConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration
         void ReplaceConfiguration(BaseApplicationConfiguration newConfiguration);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the configuration.
+        /// Manually pre-loads a factory so that it is available pre system initialisation.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
-        /// <param name="objectType">Optional parameter containing the key object to create, if it hasn't been registered.</param>
-        /// <returns>System.Object.</returns>
-        object GetConfiguration(string key, Type objectType = null);
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Class to register.</typeparam>
+        void RegisterConfiguration<T>();
+
+        object GetConfiguration(string key);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the type of the configuration.