diff --git a/application/controllers/NavigationController.php b/application/controllers/NavigationController.php
index de999a9e9..b1bcb3309 100644
--- a/application/controllers/NavigationController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/NavigationController.php
@@ -211,23 +211,27 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller
         $form = new Form(array(
             'onSuccess' => function ($form) use ($navigationConfigForm) {
                 try {
-                    if ($navigationConfigForm->unshare($form->getValue('name'))) {
-                        Notification::success(sprintf(
-                            t('Navigation item "%s" has been unshared'),
-                            $form->getValue('name')
-                        ));
-                    } else {
-                        Notification::error(sprintf(
-                            t('Failed to unshare navigation item "%s"'),
-                            $form->getValue('name')
-                        ));
-                    }
+                    $navigationConfigForm->unshare($form->getValue('name'));
                 } catch (NotFoundError $e) {
                     throw $e;
                 } catch (Exception $e) {
                     Notification::error($e->getMessage());
                 }
 
+                if ($navigationConfigForm->save()) {
+                    Notification::success(sprintf(
+                        t('Navigation item "%s" has been unshared'),
+                        $form->getValue('name')
+                    ));
+                } else {
+                    // TODO: It failed obviously to write one of the configs, so we're leaving the user in
+                    //       a inconsistent state. Luckily, it's nothing lost but possibly duplicated...
+                    Notification::error(sprintf(
+                        t('Failed to unshare navigation item "%s"'),
+                        $form->getValue('name')
+                    ));
+                }
+
                 $redirect = $form->getValue('redirect');
                 if (! empty($redirect)) {
                     $form->setRedirectUrl(htmlspecialchars_decode($redirect));
diff --git a/application/forms/ConfigForm.php b/application/forms/ConfigForm.php
index 58d550793..3f3ba227f 100644
--- a/application/forms/ConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/ConfigForm.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ConfigForm extends Form
     public function save()
     {
         try {
-            $this->config->saveIni();
+            $this->writeConfig($this->config);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             $this->addDecorator('ViewScript', array(
                 'viewModule'    => 'default',
@@ -58,4 +58,14 @@ class ConfigForm extends Form
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Write the configuration to disk
+     *
+     * @param   Config  $config
+     */
+    protected function writeConfig(Config $config)
+    {
+        $config->saveIni();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationConfigForm.php b/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationConfigForm.php
index 097ea71b0..495055cab 100644
--- a/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Navigation/NavigationConfigForm.php
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ class NavigationConfigForm extends ConfigForm
         'dashlet'
     );
 
+    /**
+     * The secondary configuration to write
+     *
+     * This is always the reduced configuration and is only written to
+     * disk once the main configuration has been successfully written.
+     *
+     * @var Config
+     */
+    protected $secondaryConfig;
+
     /**
      * The navigation item to load when displaying the form for the first time
      *
@@ -319,6 +329,19 @@ class NavigationConfigForm extends ConfigForm
         return $values;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function writeConfig(Config $config)
+    {
+        parent::writeConfig($config);
+
+        if ($this->secondaryConfig !== null) {
+            $this->config = $this->secondaryConfig; // Causes the config being displayed to the user in case of an error
+            parent::writeConfig($this->secondaryConfig);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return a list of available item types
      *