diff --git a/packages/controller/src/Controller.ts b/packages/controller/src/Controller.ts
index 22b54567..405df8b7 100644
--- a/packages/controller/src/Controller.ts
+++ b/packages/controller/src/Controller.ts
@@ -924,9 +924,7 @@ export default class Controller {
 	addInstanceHooks(instance: InstanceInfo) {
 		instance.config.on("fieldChanged", (field: string, curr: any, prev: any) => {
 			instance.updatedAtMs = Date.now();
-			if (field === "instance.name") {
-				this.instances.set(instance); // Trigger updated logic
-			}
+			this.instances.set(instance); // Trigger update logic
 
 			lib.invokeHook(this.plugins, "onInstanceConfigFieldChanged", instance, field, curr, prev);
 		});
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/datastore.ts b/packages/lib/src/datastore.ts
index 20c38683..4da49273 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/datastore.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/datastore.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 
 import { safeOutputFile } from "./file_ops";
 import { SubscribableValue } from "./subscriptions";
+import { logger } from "./logging";
 import { EventEmitter } from "stream";
 import { ControllerConfig } from "./config";
 import path from "path";
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export class JsonDatastoreProvider<
 
 	// Save the data to the json file
 	async save(data: Map<K, V>) {
+		logger.verbose(`Saving ${this.filePath}`);
 		await safeOutputFile(this.filePath, JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(data), null, "\t"));
 	}
 
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ export class JsonDatastoreProvider<
 		// Read the raw json from the file
 		let rawJson;
 		try {
+			logger.verbose(`Loading ${this.filePath}`);
 			rawJson = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.filePath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
 		} catch (err: any) {
 			if (err.code !== "ENOENT") {
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ export class JsonIdDatastoreProvider<
 
 	// Save the data to the json file
 	async save(data: Map<K, V>) {
+		logger.verbose(`Saving ${this.filePath}`);
 		await safeOutputFile(this.filePath, JSON.stringify([...data.values()], null, "\t"));
 	}
 
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ export class JsonIdDatastoreProvider<
 		// Read the raw json from the file
 		let rawJson;
 		try {
+			logger.verbose(`Loading ${this.filePath}`);
 			rawJson = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.filePath, { encoding: "utf8" }));
 		} catch (err: any) {
 			if (err.code !== "ENOENT") {
diff --git a/test/controller/Controller.js b/test/controller/Controller.js
index 4ff84f43..44ce9b11 100644
--- a/test/controller/Controller.js
+++ b/test/controller/Controller.js
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ class MockInstanceConfig extends EventEmitter {
 	}
 
 	set(field, value) {
-		return this._data.set(field, value);
+		const prev = this.get(field);
+		this._data.set(field, value);
+		this.emit("fieldChanged", field, value, prev);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -179,5 +181,13 @@ describe("controller/src/Controller", function() {
 				);
 			});
 		});
+
+		describe(".instances", function() {
+			it("should set the dirty flag if the config is updated", function() {
+				controller.instances.dirty = false;
+				mockInstanceConfig.set("instance.assigned_host", null);
+				assert(controller.instances.dirty === true, "dirty flag was not set");
+			});
+		});
 	});
 });