diff --git a/ckan/controllers/admin.py b/ckan/controllers/admin.py
index 7fa8fd79c51..1459122bcd0 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/admin.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/admin.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def __before__(self, action, **params):
     def config(self):
         app_globals = base.pylons_globals().get('g')
         data = request.POST
-        if data:
+        if 'save' in data:
+            # update config from form
             style = data.get('style')
             app_globals.set_main_css(style)
 
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ def config(self):
             about = data.get('about')
             app_globals.set_global('site_about', about)
 
+        if 'reset' in data:
+            # reset to values in config
+            app_globals.reset()
+
         styles = [('Default', '/base/css/main.css'),
                   ('Red', '/base/css/red.css'),
                   ('Green', '/base/css/green.css'),
diff --git a/ckan/lib/app_globals.py b/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
index 482487f6668..d7063e29a85 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/app_globals.py
@@ -25,23 +25,31 @@ def set_main_css(self, css_file):
     def set_global(self, key, value):
         setattr(self, key, value)
 
+    def reset(self):
+        ''' set updatable values from config '''
+
+        self.site_title = config.get('ckan.site_title', '')
+        self.site_logo = config.get('ckan.site_logo', '')
+        self.site_url = config.get('ckan.site_url', '')
+        self.site_description = config.get('ckan.site_description', '')
+        self.site_about = config.get('ckan.site_about', '')
+
+        # cusom styling
+        self.set_main_css('/base/css/main.css')
+
     def __init__(self):
         """One instance of Globals is created during application
         initialization and is available during requests via the
         'app_globals' variable
 
         """
-        self.site_title = config.get('ckan.site_title', '')
+
+        self.reset()
         self.favicon = config.get('ckan.favicon',
                                   '/images/icons/ckan.ico')
-        self.site_logo = config.get('ckan.site_logo', '')
-        self.site_url = config.get('ckan.site_url', '')
         self.site_url_nice = self.site_url.replace('http://','').replace('www.','')
-        self.site_description = config.get('ckan.site_description', '')
-        self.site_about = config.get('ckan.site_about', '')
-        
         self.facets = config.get('search.facets', 'groups tags res_format license').split()
-        
+
         # has been setup in load_environment():
         self.site_id = config.get('ckan.site_id')
 
@@ -55,8 +63,6 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.recaptcha_publickey = config.get('ckan.recaptcha.publickey', '')
         self.recaptcha_privatekey = config.get('ckan.recaptcha.privatekey', '')
-        
+
         self.datasets_per_page = int(config.get('ckan.datasets_per_page', '20'))
 
-        # cusom styling
-        self.set_main_css('/base/css/main.css')
diff --git a/ckan/templates/admin/config.html b/ckan/templates/admin/config.html
index f5410fc1815..ef4794a3f90 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/admin/config.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/admin/config.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ <h1 class="page-heading">{{ _('Configuration Settings') }}</h1>
 {{ form.input('title', id='field-title', label=_('Site Title'), placeholder=_('eg. CKAN'), value=data.title, error=errors.title) }}
 {{ form.input('tagline', id='field-tagline', label=_('Tag Line'), placeholder=_('eg. The Open Source Data Portal'), value=data.tagline, error=errors.tagline) }}
 {{ form.markdown('about', id='field-about', label=_('About Text'), placeholder=_('About contents'), value=data.about, error=errors.about) }}
+        <button type="submit" class="btn" name="reset">Reset</button>
         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="save">Update</button>
       </form>
     </div>