diff --git a/src/helper.js b/src/helper.js
index 73e5b2f6..3c1954b5 100644
--- a/src/helper.js
+++ b/src/helper.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const Helper = {
 	getVersion,
 	getGitCommit,
 	ip2hex,
+	mergeConfig,
 
 	password: {
 		hash: passwordHash,
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ function setHome(newPath) {
 			log.warn("Using default configuration...");
 		}
 
-		this.config = _.merge(this.config, userConfig);
+		mergeConfig(this.config, userConfig);
 	}
 
 	if (!this.config.displayNetwork && !this.config.lockNetwork) {
@@ -174,3 +175,19 @@ function passwordHash(password) {
 function passwordCompare(password, expected) {
 	return bcrypt.compare(password, expected);
 }
+
+function mergeConfig(oldConfig, newConfig) {
+	return _.mergeWith(oldConfig, newConfig, (objValue, srcValue, key) => {
+		// Do not override config variables if the type is incorrect (e.g. object changed into a string)
+		if (typeof objValue !== "undefined" && objValue !== null && typeof objValue !== typeof srcValue) {
+			log.warn(`Incorrect type for "${colors.bold(key)}", please verify your config.`);
+
+			return objValue;
+		}
+
+		// For arrays, simply override the value with user provided one.
+		if (_.isArray(objValue)) {
+			return srcValue;
+		}
+	});
+}
diff --git a/test/tests/mergeConfig.js b/test/tests/mergeConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cde7a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/mergeConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const expect = require("chai").expect;
+const mergeConfig = require("../../src/helper").mergeConfig;
+
+describe("mergeConfig", function() {
+	it("should mutate object", function() {
+		const config = {
+			ip: "default",
+		};
+
+		expect(mergeConfig(config, {
+			ip: "overridden",
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			ip: "overridden",
+		});
+
+		expect(config).to.deep.equal({
+			ip: "overridden",
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should merge new properties", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			ip: "default",
+			newProp: "this should appear too",
+		}, {
+			ip: "overridden",
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			ip: "overridden",
+			newProp: "this should appear too",
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should extend objects", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			tlsOptions: {},
+		}, {
+			tlsOptions: {
+				user: "test",
+				thing: 123,
+			},
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			tlsOptions: {
+				user: "test",
+				thing: 123,
+			},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should allow changing nulls", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			oidentd: null,
+		}, {
+			oidentd: "some path",
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			oidentd: "some path",
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should keep new properties inside of objects", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			nestedOnce: {
+				ip: "default",
+			},
+			nestedTwice: {
+				thing: "default",
+				nested: {
+					otherThing: "also default",
+					newThing: "but also this",
+				},
+			},
+		}, {
+			nestedOnce: {},
+			nestedTwice: {
+				nested: {
+					otherThing: "overridden",
+				},
+			},
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			nestedOnce: {
+				ip: "default",
+			},
+			nestedTwice: {
+				thing: "default",
+				nested: {
+					otherThing: "overridden",
+					newThing: "but also this",
+				},
+			},
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should not merge arrays", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			test: ["sqlite", "text"],
+		}, {
+			test: ["sqlite"],
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			test: ["sqlite"],
+		});
+
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			test: ["sqlite", "text"],
+		}, {
+			test: [],
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			test: [],
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should change order in arrays", function() {
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			test: ["sqlite", "text"],
+		}, {
+			test: ["text", "sqlite"],
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			test: ["text", "sqlite"],
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should only merge same type", function() {
+		const originalLog = log.info;
+
+		log.warn = () => {};
+
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			shouldBeObject: {
+				thing: "yes",
+			},
+		}, {
+			shouldBeObject: "bad type",
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			shouldBeObject: {
+				thing: "yes",
+			},
+		});
+
+		expect(mergeConfig({
+			shouldBeString: "string",
+		}, {
+			shouldBeString: 1234567,
+		})).to.deep.equal({
+			shouldBeString: "string",
+		});
+
+		log.warn = originalLog;
+	});
+});