diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
index 139d97a5..15230f1f 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function getCustomDNSEntries()
     return $entries;
 }
 
-function addCustomDNSEntry($ip="", $domain="", $json=true)
+function addCustomDNSEntry($ip="", $domain="", $reload="", $json=true)
 {
     try
     {
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ function addCustomDNSEntry($ip="", $domain="", $json=true)
         if(isset($_REQUEST['domain']))
             $domain = trim($_REQUEST['domain']);
 
+				if(isset($_REQUEST['reload']))
+		            $reload = $_REQUEST['reload'];
+
         if (empty($ip))
             return returnError("IP must be set", $json);
 
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ function addCustomDNSEntry($ip="", $domain="", $json=true)
         }
 
         // Add record
-        pihole_execute("-a addcustomdns ".$ip." ".$domain);
+        pihole_execute("-a addcustomdns ".$ip." ".$domain." ".$reload);
 
         return returnSuccess("", $json);
     }
@@ -280,9 +283,9 @@ function deleteAllCustomDNSEntries()
 	try
 	{
 			$existingEntries = getCustomDNSEntries();
-
+			// passing false to pihole_execute stops pihole from reloading after each enty has been deleted
 			foreach ($existingEntries as $entry) {
-					pihole_execute("-a removecustomdns ".$entry->ip." ".$entry->domain);
+					pihole_execute("-a removecustomdns ".$entry->ip." ".$entry->domain." false");
 				}
 
 	}
@@ -341,7 +344,7 @@ function getCustomCNAMEEntries()
     return $entries;
 }
 
-function addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain="", $target="", $json=true)
+function addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain="", $target="", $reload="", $json=true)
 {
     try
     {
@@ -351,6 +354,9 @@ function addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain="", $target="", $json=true)
         if(isset($_REQUEST['target']))
             $target = trim($_REQUEST['target']);
 
+				if(isset($_REQUEST['reload']))
+						$reload = $_REQUEST['reload'];
+
         if (empty($domain))
             return returnError("Domain must be set", $json);
 
@@ -375,7 +381,7 @@ function addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain="", $target="", $json=true)
                 if (in_array($d, $entry->domains))
                     return returnError("There is already a CNAME record for '$d'", $json);
 
-        pihole_execute("-a addcustomcname ".$domain." ".$target);
+        pihole_execute("-a addcustomcname ".$domain." ".$target." ".$reload);
 
         return returnSuccess("", $json);
     }
@@ -426,9 +432,9 @@ function deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries()
     try
     {
         $existingEntries = getCustomCNAMEEntries();
-
+				// passing false to pihole_execute stops pihole from reloading after each enty has been deleted
         foreach ($existingEntries as $entry) {
-            pihole_execute("-a removecustomcname ".$entry->domain." ".$entry->target);
+            pihole_execute("-a removecustomcname ".$entry->domain." ".$entry->target." false");
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
index 373771e6..5af1c35b 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 		$archive = new PharData($fullfilename);
 
 		$importedsomething = false;
+		$fullpiholerestart = false;
 		$reloadsettingspage = false;
 
 		$flushtables = isset($_POST["flushtables"]);
@@ -520,19 +521,22 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 				ob_start();
 				if($flushtables) {
 					// Defined in func.php included via auth.php
+					// will not restart Pi-hole
 					deleteAllCustomDNSEntries();
 				}
 				$num = 0;
 				$localdnsrecords = process_file(file_get_contents($file));
+				$reload="false";
 				foreach($localdnsrecords as $record) {
 					list($ip,$domain) = explode(" ",$record);
-					if(addCustomDNSEntry($ip, $domain, false))
+					if(addCustomDNSEntry($ip, $domain, $reload, false))
 						$num++;
 				}
 				ob_end_clean();
 				echo "Processed local DNS records (".$num.noun($num).")<br>\n";
 				if($num > 0) {
-					$importedsomething = true;
+					// we need a full pihole restart
+					$fullpiholerestart = true;
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -541,11 +545,13 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 				ob_start();
 				if($flushtables) {
 					// Defined in func.php included via auth.php
+					// will not restart Pi-hole
 					deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries();
 				}
 
 				$num = 0;
 				$localcnamerecords = process_file(file_get_contents($file));
+				$reload="false";
 				foreach($localcnamerecords as $record) {
 					$line = str_replace("cname=","", $record);
 					$line = str_replace("\r","", $line);
@@ -555,22 +561,30 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 					$domain = implode(",", array_slice($explodedLine, 0, -1));
 					$target = $explodedLine[count($explodedLine)-1];
 
-					if(addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain, $target, false))
+					if(addCustomCNAMEEntry($domain, $target, $reload, false))
 						$num++;
 				}
 				ob_end_clean();
 				echo "Processed local CNAME records (".$num.noun($num).")<br>\n";
 				if($num > 0) {
-					$importedsomething = true;
+					// we need a full pihole restart
+					$fullpiholerestart = true;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		if($importedsomething)
+		// do we need a full restart of Pi-hole or reloading the lists?
+		if($fullpiholerestart)
 		{
-			pihole_execute("restartdns reload");
+			pihole_execute("restartdns");
+		} else {
+			if($importedsomething)
+			{
+				pihole_execute("restartdns reload");
+			}
 		}
 
+
 		unlink($fullfilename);
 		echo "OK";
 		if($reloadsettingspage)