diff --git a/db/sg_replicate_cfg.go b/db/sg_replicate_cfg.go
index cf136a4e8f..37164152fb 100644
--- a/db/sg_replicate_cfg.go
+++ b/db/sg_replicate_cfg.go
@@ -833,6 +833,10 @@ func (m *sgReplicateManager) SubscribeCfgChanges(ctx context.Context) error {
 		base.DebugfCtx(m.loggingCtx, base.KeyCluster, "Error subscribing to %s key changes: %v", cfgKeySGRCluster, err)
 		return err
 	}
+	err = m.RefreshReplicationCfg(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		base.WarnfCtx(m.loggingCtx, "Error while updating refreshing replications before subscribing to cfg: %v", err)
+	}
 	m.closeWg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer base.FatalPanicHandler()
diff --git a/rest/replicatortest/replicator_test.go b/rest/replicatortest/replicator_test.go
index 0a9ab04cc9..8fe7c5b7f8 100644
--- a/rest/replicatortest/replicator_test.go
+++ b/rest/replicatortest/replicator_test.go
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func TestReplicationConcurrentPush(t *testing.T) {
 	base.LongRunningTest(t)
 
 	base.RequireNumTestBuckets(t, 2)
-	base.SetUpTestLogging(t, base.LevelInfo, base.KeyAll)
+	base.SetUpTestLogging(t, base.LevelDebug, base.KeyAll)
 
 	// Disable sequence batching for multi-RT tests (pending CBG-1000)
 	defer db.SuspendSequenceBatching()()
@@ -959,9 +959,8 @@ func TestReplicationConcurrentPush(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create push replication, wait for assigned replication (this gives time for the first replication to be created and start initializing),
 	// verify running, then create second replication, verify running and verify both replicators are initialized on sgReplicateManager
 	activeRT.CreateReplication("rep_ABC", remoteURLString, db.ActiveReplicatorTypePush, []string{"ABC"}, true, db.ConflictResolverDefault)
-	activeRT.WaitForReplicationStatus("rep_ABC", db.ReplicationStateRunning)
-	activeRT.WaitForAssignedReplications(1)
 	activeRT.CreateReplication("rep_DEF", remoteURLString, db.ActiveReplicatorTypePush, []string{"DEF"}, true, db.ConflictResolverDefault)
+	activeRT.WaitForReplicationStatus("rep_ABC", db.ReplicationStateRunning)
 	activeRT.WaitForReplicationStatus("rep_DEF", db.ReplicationStateRunning)
 	activeRT.WaitForActiveReplicatorInitialization(2)