diff --git a/src/common/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store.ts
index d7ba191ee1..15a9ad227c 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from "path"
 import { app, remote } from "electron"
 import { computed, observable, reaction, toJS } from "mobx";
 import Config from "conf"
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import migrations from "../migrations/user-store"
 import Singleton from "./utils/singleton";
 import { getAppVersion } from "./utils/app-version";
 import { tracker } from "./tracker";
+import logger from "../main/logger";
 
 export interface UserStoreModel {
   lastSeenAppVersion: string;
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ export class UserStore extends Singleton {
     downloadMirror: "default",
   };
 
+  get name() {
+    return path.dirname(this.storeConfig.path);
+  }
+
   @computed get hasNewAppVersion() {
     return semver.gt(getAppVersion(), this.lastSeenAppVersion);
   }
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ export class UserStore extends Singleton {
   }
 
   async init() {
-    /*await*/ this.load();
+    await this.load();
     this.bindEvents();
     this.isReady = true;
   }
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ export class UserStore extends Singleton {
       configName: "lens-user-store",
       migrations: migrations,
       cwd: (app || remote.app).getPath("userData"),
+      watch: true, // enable onDidChange()-callback
     });
     this.fromStore(this.storeConfig.store);
   }
@@ -66,11 +73,13 @@ export class UserStore extends Singleton {
   protected bindEvents() {
     // refresh from file-system updates
     this.storeConfig.onDidAnyChange((data, oldValue) => {
+      logger.debug(`[STORE]: ${this.name} sync from file-system`, { data, oldValue });
       this.fromStore(data);
     });
 
     // refresh config file from runtime
     reaction(() => this.toJSON(), model => {
+      logger.debug(`[STORE]: ${this.name} sync from app-runtime`, model);
       this.storeConfig.store = model;
     });
 
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ export class UserStore extends Singleton {
     });
   }
 
-  // todo: use "serializr" ?
+  // todo: maybe use "serializr"
   protected fromStore(data: Partial<UserStoreModel> = {}) {
     const { lastSeenAppVersion, seenContexts, preferences } = data
     if (lastSeenAppVersion) {