diff --git a/libs/hbb_common/src/config.rs b/libs/hbb_common/src/config.rs
index 9354b4079..5fc974462 100644
--- a/libs/hbb_common/src/config.rs
+++ b/libs/hbb_common/src/config.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
     pub static ref PROD_RENDEZVOUS_SERVER: Arc<RwLock<String>> = Default::default();
     pub static ref APP_NAME: Arc<RwLock<String>> = Arc::new(RwLock::new("RustDesk".to_owned()));
     static ref KEY_PAIR: Arc<Mutex<Option<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)>>> = Default::default();
+    static ref HW_CODEC_CONFIG: Arc<RwLock<HwCodecConfig>> = Arc::new(RwLock::new(HwCodecConfig::load()));
 }
 
 // #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios"))]
@@ -1023,6 +1024,16 @@ impl HwCodecConfig {
     pub fn remove() {
         std::fs::remove_file(Config::file_("_hwcodec")).ok();
     }
+
+    /// refresh current global HW_CODEC_CONFIG, usually uesd after HwCodecConfig::remove()
+    pub fn refresh() {
+        *HW_CODEC_CONFIG.write().unwrap() = HwCodecConfig::load();
+        log::debug!("HW_CODEC_CONFIG refreshed successfully");
+    }
+
+    pub fn get() -> HwCodecConfig {
+        return HW_CODEC_CONFIG.read().unwrap().clone();
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/libs/scrap/src/common/hwcodec.rs b/libs/scrap/src/common/hwcodec.rs
index ee81627d8..4fdef5462 100644
--- a/libs/scrap/src/common/hwcodec.rs
+++ b/libs/scrap/src/common/hwcodec.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ impl HwDecoderImage<'_> {
 }
 
 fn get_config(k: &str) -> ResultType<CodecInfos> {
-    let v = HwCodecConfig::load()
+    let v = HwCodecConfig::get()
         .options
         .get(k)
         .unwrap_or(&"".to_owned())
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ pub fn check_config_process(force_reset: bool) {
             std::process::Command::new(exe)
                 .arg("--check-hwcodec-config")
                 .status()
-                .ok()
+                .ok();
+            HwCodecConfig::refresh();
         });
     };
 }