diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
index 15230f1f..90fd9abc 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
@@ -278,14 +278,17 @@ function deleteCustomDNSEntry()
     }
 }
 
-function deleteAllCustomDNSEntries()
+function deleteAllCustomDNSEntries($reload="")
 {
 	try
 	{
+		if(isset($_REQUEST['reload']))
+				$reload = $_REQUEST['reload'];
+
 			$existingEntries = getCustomDNSEntries();
 			// passing false to pihole_execute stops pihole from reloading after each enty has been deleted
 			foreach ($existingEntries as $entry) {
-					pihole_execute("-a removecustomdns ".$entry->ip." ".$entry->domain." false");
+					pihole_execute("-a removecustomdns ".$entry->ip." ".$entry->domain." ".$reload);
 				}
 
 	}
@@ -427,14 +430,17 @@ function deleteCustomCNAMEEntry()
     }
 }
 
-function deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries()
+function deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries($reload="")
 {
     try
     {
+			if(isset($_REQUEST['reload']))
+					$reload = $_REQUEST['reload'];
+					
         $existingEntries = getCustomCNAMEEntries();
 				// passing false to pihole_execute stops pihole from reloading after each enty has been deleted
         foreach ($existingEntries as $entry) {
-            pihole_execute("-a removecustomcname ".$entry->domain." ".$entry->target." false");
+            pihole_execute("-a removecustomcname ".$entry->domain." ".$entry->target." ".$reload);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
index 5af1c35b..d25f0509 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/teleporter.php
@@ -519,14 +519,14 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 			if(isset($_POST["localdnsrecords"]) && $file->getFilename() === "custom.list")
 			{
 				ob_start();
+				$reload="false";
 				if($flushtables) {
 					// Defined in func.php included via auth.php
-					// will not restart Pi-hole
-					deleteAllCustomDNSEntries();
+					// passing reload="false" will not restart Pi-hole
+					deleteAllCustomDNSEntries($reload);
 				}
 				$num = 0;
 				$localdnsrecords = process_file(file_get_contents($file));
-				$reload="false";
 				foreach($localdnsrecords as $record) {
 					list($ip,$domain) = explode(" ",$record);
 					if(addCustomDNSEntry($ip, $domain, $reload, false))
@@ -543,15 +543,15 @@ if(isset($_POST["action"]))
 			if(isset($_POST["localcnamerecords"]) && $file->getFilename() === "05-pihole-custom-cname.conf")
 			{
 				ob_start();
+				$reload="false";
 				if($flushtables) {
 					// Defined in func.php included via auth.php
-					// will not restart Pi-hole
-					deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries();
+					//passing reload="false" will not restart Pi-hole
+					deleteAllCustomCNAMEEntries($reload);
 				}
 
 				$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);