diff --git a/src/plugins/index.js b/src/plugins/index.js
index c3c322d429..387933290f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/index.js
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ Plugins.reload = async function () {
 	Object.keys(Plugins.loadedHooks).forEach(function (hook) {
 		Plugins.loadedHooks[hook].sort((a, b) => a.priority - b.priority);
 	});
+
+	// Post-reload actions
+	await posts.configureSanitize();
 };
 
 Plugins.reloadRoutes = async function (params) {
diff --git a/src/posts/parse.js b/src/posts/parse.js
index 652287bd6a..f4c110623f 100644
--- a/src/posts/parse.js
+++ b/src/posts/parse.js
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ let sanitizeConfig = {
 	],
 };
 
-process.nextTick(async () => {
-	// Each allowed tags should have some common global attributes...
-	sanitizeConfig.allowedTags.forEach((tag) => {
-		sanitizeConfig.allowedAttributes[tag] = _.union(sanitizeConfig.allowedAttributes[tag], sanitizeConfig.globalAttributes);
-	});
-
-	// Some plugins might need to adjust or whitelist their own tags...
-	sanitizeConfig = await plugins.fireHook('filter:sanitize.config', sanitizeConfig);
-});
-
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.urlRegex = {
 		regex: /href="([^"]+)"/g,
@@ -119,6 +109,15 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Posts.configureSanitize = async () => {
+		// Each allowed tags should have some common global attributes...
+		sanitizeConfig.allowedTags.forEach((tag) => {
+			sanitizeConfig.allowedAttributes[tag] = _.union(sanitizeConfig.allowedAttributes[tag], sanitizeConfig.globalAttributes);
+		});
+
+		sanitizeConfig = await plugins.fireHook('filter:sanitize.config', sanitizeConfig);
+	};
+
 	function sanitizeSignature(signature) {
 		signature = translator.escape(signature);
 		var tagsToStrip = [];