diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/package.json b/invokeai/frontend/web/package.json
index 4cedfd81e8..5ac1c7f9d3 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/package.json
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/package.json
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.8.4",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.9.0",
     "terser": "^5.16.4",
+    "ts-toolbelt": "^9.6.0",
     "typescript": "4.9.5",
     "vite": "^4.1.2",
     "vite-plugin-eslint": "^1.8.1",
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/App.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/App.tsx
index 787821611c..f30bdc0eb3 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/App.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/App.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { motion, AnimatePresence } from 'framer-motion';
 import Loading from 'common/components/Loading/Loading';
 import { useIsApplicationReady } from 'features/system/hooks/useIsApplicationReady';
-import { AppConfig } from './invokeai';
+import { PartialAppConfig } from './invokeai';
 import { useGlobalHotkeys } from 'common/hooks/useGlobalHotkeys';
 import { configChanged } from 'features/system/store/configSlice';
 import { useFeatureStatus } from 'features/system/hooks/useFeatureStatus';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { useFeatureStatus } from 'features/system/hooks/useFeatureStatus';
 keepGUIAlive();
 
 interface Props extends PropsWithChildren {
-  config?: Partial<AppConfig>;
+  config?: PartialAppConfig;
 }
 
 const App = ({ config = {}, children }: Props) => {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/invokeai.d.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/invokeai.d.ts
index 9eadda4f99..3ee0d421e2 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/invokeai.d.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/invokeai.d.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { InvokeTabName } from 'features/ui/store/tabMap';
 import { IRect } from 'konva/lib/types';
 import { ImageMetadata, ImageType } from 'services/api';
 import { AnyInvocation } from 'services/events/types';
+import { O } from 'ts-toolbelt';
 
 /**
  * TODO:
@@ -425,3 +426,5 @@ export declare type AppConfig = {
     };
   };
 };
+
+export declare type PartialAppConfig = O.Partial<AppConfig, 'deep'>;
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/component.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/component.tsx
index a3a8c82259..ae962b4ba1 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/component.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/component.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import '@fontsource/inter/900.css';
 
 import Loading from './common/components/Loading/Loading';
 import { addMiddleware, resetMiddlewares } from 'redux-dynamic-middlewares';
-import { AppConfig } from 'app/invokeai';
+import { PartialAppConfig } from 'app/invokeai';
 
 import './i18n';
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const ThemeLocaleProvider = lazy(() => import('./app/ThemeLocaleProvider'));
 interface Props extends PropsWithChildren {
   apiUrl?: string;
   token?: string;
-  config?: Partial<AppConfig>;
+  config?: PartialAppConfig;
 }
 
 export default function Component({ apiUrl, token, config, children }: Props) {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/configSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/configSlice.ts
index 6e7f145eef..4339307082 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/configSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/configSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { AppConfig } from 'app/invokeai';
-import { cloneDeep, defaultsDeep } from 'lodash';
+import { AppConfig, PartialAppConfig } from 'app/invokeai';
+import { merge } from 'lodash';
 
 const initialConfigState: AppConfig = {
   shouldTransformUrls: false,
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ export const configSlice = createSlice({
   name: 'config',
   initialState: initialConfigState,
   reducers: {
-    configChanged: (state, action: PayloadAction<Partial<AppConfig>>) => {
-      defaultsDeep(state, cloneDeep(action.payload));
+    configChanged: (state, action: PayloadAction<PartialAppConfig>) => {
+      merge(state, action.payload);
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/main.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/main.tsx
index 8b9e581711..e0423d7e4e 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/main.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
-import { AppConfig } from 'app/invokeai';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 
 import Component from './component';
 
-const testConfig: Partial<AppConfig> = {
-  disabledTabs: ['nodes'],
-  disabledFeatures: ['upscaling'],
-};
-
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement).render(
-  <Component config={testConfig} />
+  <Component />
 );
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/yarn.lock b/invokeai/frontend/web/yarn.lock
index 8688f1fd41..7cc6ab769b 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/yarn.lock
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/yarn.lock
@@ -5796,6 +5796,11 @@ ts-node@^10.7.0:
     v8-compile-cache-lib "^3.0.1"
     yn "3.1.1"
 
+ts-toolbelt@^9.6.0:
+  version "9.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-toolbelt/-/ts-toolbelt-9.6.0.tgz#50a25426cfed500d4a09bd1b3afb6f28879edfd5"
+  integrity sha512-nsZd8ZeNUzukXPlJmTBwUAuABDe/9qtVDelJeT/qW0ow3ZS3BsQJtNkan1802aM9Uf68/Y8ljw86Hu0h5IUW3w==
+
 tsconfck@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tsconfck/-/tsconfck-2.0.3.tgz#47b79fc6be3c5ec6ec9b3862d1c959e85038b117"