diff --git a/cmd/config_set.go b/cmd/config_set.go
index be82c54..bbcccbd 100644
--- a/cmd/config_set.go
+++ b/cmd/config_set.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func newConfigSetCmd(h *pkg.Hctl, _ io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			return compListConfig(toComplete, args, h)
 		},
 		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			if err := h.SetConfigValue(args[0], args[1]); err != nil {
+			if err := h.SetConfigValueWrite(args[0], args[1]); err != nil {
 				o.PrintError(err)
 			}
 			o.PrintSuccess(args[0])
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 965a317..2de0fa9 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -227,6 +227,38 @@ func (c *Config) GetValueByPath(p string) (string, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Same as SetValueByPath, but also writes to config file
+func (c *Config) SetValueByPathWrite(p string, val any) error {
+	if err := c.SetValueByPath(p, val); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := c.WriteConfig(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) WriteConfig() error {
+	// convert current config to byte slice
+	b, err := json.Marshal(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// create new io.Reader from byte slice config
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(b)
+
+	// read in the byte slice config to viper instance
+	if err := c.Viper.ReadConfig(reader); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// finally write updated viper instance to file
+	if err := c.Viper.WriteConfig(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Config) SetValueByPath(p string, val any) error {
 	// set config element by path p and value v
 	log.Info().Msgf("Setting `%v` to `%v`", p, val)
@@ -268,25 +300,5 @@ func (c *Config) SetValueByPath(p string, val any) error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected type: %v", v.Type())
 	}
-
-	log.Debug().Caller().Msgf("Config after change: %+v", c)
-
-	// convert current config to byte slice
-	b, err := json.Marshal(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// create new io.Reader from byte slice config
-	reader := bytes.NewReader(b)
-
-	// read in the byte slice config to viper instance
-	if err := c.Viper.ReadConfig(reader); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// finally write updated viper instance to file
-	if err := c.Viper.WriteConfig(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/hctl.go b/pkg/hctl.go
index c404816..f3b4de1 100644
--- a/pkg/hctl.go
+++ b/pkg/hctl.go
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ func (h *Hctl) SetConfigValue(p string, v string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (h *Hctl) SetConfigValueWrite(p string, v string) error {
+	err := h.cfg.SetValueByPathWrite(p, v)
+	return err
+}
+
 func (h *Hctl) GetConfigOptionsAsPaths() []string {
 	return h.cfg.GetOptionsAsPaths()
 }