diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/proxyconnector/DefaultProxyConnectorAdmin.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/proxyconnector/DefaultProxyConnectorAdmin.java
index f7ff3f9d6..05fa0c465 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/proxyconnector/DefaultProxyConnectorAdmin.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/admin/repository/proxyconnector/DefaultProxyConnectorAdmin.java
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public class DefaultProxyConnectorAdmin
             findProxyConnector( proxyConnector.getSourceRepoId(), proxyConnector.getTargetRepoId(), configuration );
         configuration.removeProxyConnector( proxyConnectorConfiguration );
         configuration.addProxyConnector( getProxyConnectorConfiguration( proxyConnector ) );
+        saveConfiguration( configuration );
         triggerAuditEvent( proxyConnector.getSourceRepoId() + "-" + proxyConnector.getTargetRepoId(), null,
                            AuditEvent.MODIFY_PROXY_CONNECTOR, auditInformation );
         return Boolean.TRUE;