diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
index 27291718dc..c5c1851e5d 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/features/settings/model/Settings.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import android.widget.Toast
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.NativeLibrary
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.R
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.features.input.model.MappingCommon
-import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.services.GameFileCacheManager
 import java.io.Closeable
 
 class Settings : Closeable {
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ class Settings : Closeable {
         private set
 
     private var settingsLoaded = false
-    private var loadedRecursiveIsoPathsValue = false
 
     private val isGameSpecific: Boolean
         get() = !TextUtils.isEmpty(gameId)
@@ -41,8 +39,6 @@ class Settings : Closeable {
             check(!NativeLibrary.IsRunning()) { "Attempted to load game INI while emulating" }
             NativeConfig.loadGameInis(gameId, revision)
         }
-
-        loadedRecursiveIsoPathsValue = BooleanSetting.MAIN_RECURSIVE_ISO_PATHS.boolean
     }
 
     fun loadSettings(gameId: String, revision: Int, isWii: Boolean) {
@@ -65,11 +61,6 @@ class Settings : Closeable {
 
             NativeLibrary.ReloadLoggerConfig()
             NativeLibrary.UpdateGCAdapterScanThread()
-
-            if (loadedRecursiveIsoPathsValue != BooleanSetting.MAIN_RECURSIVE_ISO_PATHS.boolean) {
-                // Refresh game library
-                GameFileCacheManager.startRescan()
-            }
         } else {
             // custom game settings
             if (context != null) {
diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/services/GameFileCacheManager.java b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/services/GameFileCacheManager.java
index a979ee599f..4c77cfdbc2 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/services/GameFileCacheManager.java
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/services/GameFileCacheManager.java
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 package org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.services;
 
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Looper;
+
 import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData;
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData;
 
+import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.features.settings.model.BooleanSetting;
+import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.features.settings.model.ConfigChangedCallback;
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.model.GameFile;
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.model.GameFileCache;
 import org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu.ui.platform.Platform;
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ public final class GameFileCacheManager
           new MutableLiveData<>(new GameFile[]{});
   private static boolean sFirstLoadDone = false;
   private static boolean sRunRescanAfterLoad = false;
+  private static boolean sRecursiveScanEnabled;
 
   private static final ExecutorService sExecutor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
   private static final MutableLiveData<Boolean> sLoadInProgress = new MutableLiveData<>(false);
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ public final class GameFileCacheManager
     if (!sFirstLoadDone)
     {
       sFirstLoadDone = true;
+      setUpAutomaticRescan();
       sGameFileCache.load();
       if (sGameFileCache.getSize() != 0)
       {
@@ -258,4 +265,19 @@ public final class GameFileCacheManager
       sGameFileCache = new GameFileCache();
     }
   }
+
+  private static void setUpAutomaticRescan()
+  {
+    sRecursiveScanEnabled = BooleanSetting.MAIN_RECURSIVE_ISO_PATHS.getBoolean();
+    new ConfigChangedCallback(() ->
+            new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(() ->
+            {
+              boolean recursiveScanEnabled = BooleanSetting.MAIN_RECURSIVE_ISO_PATHS.getBoolean();
+              if (sRecursiveScanEnabled != recursiveScanEnabled)
+              {
+                sRecursiveScanEnabled = recursiveScanEnabled;
+                startRescan();
+              }
+            }));
+  }
 }