diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
index 127ec7ff32..bb7b5a54c3 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 //If we're in the middle of a config load, only do the regeneration afterwards to prevent this from wasting a massive amount of CPU for list regenerations.
 /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/ValidateAndSet(str_val, during_load)
 	. = ..()
-	if(. && during_load)
+	if(. && !during_load)
 		regenerate_donator_grouping_list()
 
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/process_key(key)
+	return ckey(key)
+
 /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/OnPostload()
 	. = ..()
 	regenerate_donator_grouping_list()