diff --git a/wled00/wled.cpp b/wled00/wled.cpp
index 26696e56..5837c232 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.cpp
+++ b/wled00/wled.cpp
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ void WLED::loop()
       delete busConfigs[i]; busConfigs[i] = nullptr;
     }
     strip.finalizeInit();
-    busses.setBrightness(bri); // fix re-initialised bus' brightness #4005
     loadLedmap = true;
     if (aligned) strip.makeAutoSegments();
     else strip.fixInvalidSegments();
+    busses.setBrightness(scaledBri(bri)); // fix re-initialised bus' brightness #4005 and #4824
     yield();
     serializeConfig();
   }