diff --git a/src/filters/dasher.c b/src/filters/dasher.c
index 94eeb0f739..9d55f02d19 100644
--- a/src/filters/dasher.c
+++ b/src/filters/dasher.c
@@ -1324,6 +1324,11 @@ static GF_Err dasher_configure_pid(GF_Filter *filter, GF_FilterPid *pid, Bool is
 				if (!ctx->bs_switch)
 					period_switch = GF_TRUE;
 				break;
+			//ignore reconfig for these subtitle formats
+			case GF_CODECID_SIMPLE_TEXT:
+			case GF_CODECID_WEBVTT:
+			case GF_CODECID_SUBS_XML:
+				break;
 			default:
 				period_switch = GF_TRUE;
 				break;
@@ -7152,6 +7157,8 @@ static GF_Err dasher_setup_period(GF_Filter *filter, GF_DasherCtx *ctx, GF_DashS
 	//good to go !
 	for (i=0; i<count; i++) {
 		GF_DashStream *ds = gf_list_get(ctx->current_period->streams, i);
+		if (ctx->force_period_switch) return GF_OK;
+
 		if (inject_ds && (ds != inject_ds))
 			continue;
 		//setup segmentation
diff --git a/src/filters/load_text.c b/src/filters/load_text.c
index 81f62ff424..347d783dd4 100644
--- a/src/filters/load_text.c
+++ b/src/filters/load_text.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,13 @@ static void gf_webvtt_import_header(void *user, const char *config)
 {
 	GF_TXTIn *ctx = (GF_TXTIn *)user;
 	if (!ctx->hdr_parsed) {
-		gf_filter_pid_set_property(ctx->opid, GF_PROP_PID_DECODER_CONFIG, &PROP_DATA((char *) config, (u32) (1+strlen(config)) ) );
+		u32 len = (u32) strlen(config);
+		//if \n is set, ignore it - this avoids decoder config updates
+		if ((len<=7) && !strncmp(config, "WEBVTT", 6)) {
+			gf_filter_pid_set_property(ctx->opid, GF_PROP_PID_DECODER_CONFIG, &PROP_DATA((u8 *) "WEBVTT", 7) );
+		} else {
+			gf_filter_pid_set_property(ctx->opid, GF_PROP_PID_DECODER_CONFIG, &PROP_DATA((char *) config, (u32) (1+strlen(config)) ) );
+		}
 		ctx->hdr_parsed = GF_TRUE;
 		gf_webvtt_parser_suspend(ctx->vttparser);
 	}