diff --git a/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js b/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
index cb9bb0466..a064e10f4 100644
--- a/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
+++ b/src/components/settings_modal/helpers/setting.js
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ export default {
       type: Boolean,
       default: false,
     },
+    local: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+    },
     parentPath: {
       type: [String, Array],
     },
@@ -259,11 +263,17 @@ export default {
             const writePath = `simple.${readPath}`
 
             if (!this.timedApplyMode) {
-              useSyncConfigStore().setSimplePrefAndSave({
-                path: writePath,
-                value,
-              })
-              useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
+              if (this.local) {
+                useLocalConfigStore().set({
+                  path: writePath,
+                  value,
+                })
+              } else {
+                useSyncConfigStore().setSimplePrefAndSave({
+                  path: writePath,
+                  value,
+                })
+              }
             } else {
               if (useInterfaceStore().temporaryChangesTimeoutId !== null) {
                 console.error("Can't track more than one temporary change")
@@ -272,18 +282,30 @@ export default {
 
               const oldValue = get(this.configSource, readPath)
 
-              useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({ path: writePath, value })
+              if (this.local) {
+                useLocalConfigStore().setTemporarily({ path: writePath, value })
+              } else {
+                useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({ path: writePath, value })
+              }
 
               const confirm = () => {
-                useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
+                if (this.local) {
+                  useLocalConfigStore().set({ path: writePath, value })
+                } else {
+                  useSyncConfigStore().pushSyncConfig()
+                }
                 useInterfaceStore().clearTemporaryChanges()
               }
 
               const revert = () => {
-                useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({
-                  path: writePath,
-                  value: oldValue,
-                })
+                if (this.local) {
+                  useLocalConfigStore().unsetTemporarily({ path: writePath, value })
+                } else {
+                  useSyncConfigStore().setPreference({
+                    path: writePath,
+                    value: oldValue,
+                  })
+                }
                 useInterfaceStore().clearTemporaryChanges()
               }
 
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
index 677781d97..963f81ff8 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
           :is-local="status.is_local"
           @parse-ready="onParseReady"
         />
+        {{ mergedConfig }}
         <div
           v-show="shouldShowToggle"
           :class="toggleButtonClasses"
diff --git a/src/stores/local_config.js b/src/stores/local_config.js
index 208ae09cf..7b2c5f650 100644
--- a/src/stores/local_config.js
+++ b/src/stores/local_config.js
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ export const defaultState = {
   prefsStorage: {
     ...configDefaultState,
   },
+  tempStorage: {
+    ...configDefaultState
+  }
 }
 
 export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
@@ -20,6 +23,12 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
     set({ path, value }) {
       set(this.prefsStorage, path, value)
     },
+    setTemporarily({ path, value }) {
+      set(this.tempStorage, path, value)
+    },
+    unsetTemporarily({ path, value }) {
+      set(this.tempStorage, path, undefined)
+    },
     unset({ path, value }) {
       set(this.prefsStorage, path, undefined)
     },
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
       const result = Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(state.prefsStorage).map(([k, v]) => [
           k,
-          v ?? instancePrefs[k],
+          state.tempStorage[k] ?? v ?? instancePrefs[k],
         ]),
       )
       return result
@@ -44,7 +53,10 @@ export const useLocalConfigStore = defineStore('local_config', {
   },
   persist: {
     afterLoad(state) {
-      return state
+      return {
+        prefStorage: state.prefsStorage,
+        tempStorage: { ...configDefaultState },
+      }
     },
   },
 })
diff --git a/src/stores/sync_config.js b/src/stores/sync_config.js
index 05a47fa64..2f93fbef4 100644
--- a/src/stores/sync_config.js
+++ b/src/stores/sync_config.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export const NEW_USER_DATE = new Date('2022-08-04') // date of writing this, bas
 
 export const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS = 1000
 export const COMMAND_TRIM_FLAGS_AND_RESET = 1001
+export const COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL = 1010
+export const COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE = 1011
 
 export const defaultState = {
   // do we need to update data on server?
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   flagStorage: {
     updateCounter: 0, // Counter for most recent update notification seen
     configMigration: 0, // Counter for config -> server-side migrations
-    reset: 0, // special flag that can be used to force-reset all flags, debug purposes only
+    reset: 0, // special flag that can be used to force-reset all data, debug purposes only
     // special reset codes:
     // 1000: trim keys to those known by currently running FE
     // 1001: same as above + reset everything to 0
@@ -379,16 +381,30 @@ export const _resetFlags = (
         result[flag] = 0
       })
     }
-  } else if (totalFlags.reset > 0 && totalFlags.reset < 9000) {
-    console.debug('Received command to reset the flags')
-    allFlagKeys.forEach((flag) => {
-      result[flag] = 0
-    })
   }
   result.reset = 0
   return result
 }
 
+export const _resetPrefs = (
+  totalFlags,
+  totalPrefs,
+  knownKeys = defaultState.flagStorage,
+) => {
+  // prefs reset functionality
+  if (
+    totalFlags.reset >= COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL &&
+    totalFlags.reset <= COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE
+  ) {
+    console.debug('Received command to reset journals')
+    clearJournals()
+    if (totalFlags.reset === COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE) {
+      console.debug('Received command to reset storage')
+      return cloneDeep(defaultState)
+    }
+  } return totalPrefs
+}
+
 export const _doMigrations = (cache, live) => {
   const data = cache ?? live
 
@@ -578,6 +594,14 @@ export const useSyncConfigStore = defineStore('sync_config', {
       Object.keys(this).forEach((k) => {
         this[k] = blankState[k]
       })
+      this.flagStorage.reset = COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL_AND_STORAGE
+    },
+    clearJournals() {
+      this.flagStorage.reset = COMMAND_WIPE_JOURNAL
+      this.prefsStorage._journal = []
+      this.cache.prefsStorage._journal = []
+      this.raw.prefsStorage._journal = []
+      this.pushSyncConfig()
     },
     setSyncConfig(userData) {
       const live = userData.storage
@@ -633,6 +657,7 @@ export const useSyncConfigStore = defineStore('sync_config', {
         totalPrefs = recent.prefsStorage
       }
 
+      totalPrefs = _resetPrefs(totalPrefs, totalFlags)
       totalFlags = _resetFlags(totalFlags)
 
       recent.flagStorage = { ...flagsTemplate, ...totalFlags }