diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8561313..292219f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ All notable changes to Housecarl are documented here. The format follows
   the old entries behind. Now a total starts at the addresses' sum,
   wider groups add up their addresses, and what can't be carried starts
   again with a warning (`quota_restarts`) on the change.
+- What the quotas used is saved after every change, not only every five
+  minutes: a reboot soon after a change that counts a quota differently
+  could bring back its usage counted the old way.
 - Statistics' Quotas card linked every entry to the Rules page, not to
   its rule; each now opens its rule, named. Per-address quotas were
   missing from it (and from the `quota:rN` series): they count their
diff --git a/docs/operations.md b/docs/operations.md
index f3c91d2..6dbeeb5 100644
--- a/docs/operations.md
+++ b/docs/operations.md
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ start again. A disabled rule keeps its count for when it is enabled.
 resets; `hc rule reset-quota ID` starts one again (`--address` one device's,
 `--give 5gbytes` a top-up until the next reset). housecarld resets
 quotas at midnight when their period ends (late, if it was stopped then),
-and saves their usage every five minutes and when it stops; after a
-reboot it puts it back. A reboot without a clean stop loses at most the
-last five minutes' count.
+and saves their usage every five minutes, after every change and when
+it stops; after a reboot it puts it back. A reboot without a clean stop
+loses at most the last five minutes' count.
 
 ## The log
 
diff --git a/docs/rules.md b/docs/rules.md
index 15f52a9..46b7e49 100644
--- a/docs/rules.md
+++ b/docs/rules.md
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ Statistics**.
 
 nftables counts a quota but never resets it, and forgets it when its
 table is replaced: Housecarl carries what each quota used across every
-change and restart, saves it every five minutes (and when housecarld
-stops) for after a reboot, and resets quotas when their period ends.
+change and restart, saves it every five minutes (and after each change,
+and when housecarld stops) for after a reboot, and resets quotas when their period ends.
 A per-address quota counts an address: a device that gets a new one
 starts again. With Steward's reservations IPv4 addresses stay; IPv6 is
 grouped by /64 (below).
diff --git a/internal/server/server.go b/internal/server/server.go
index 9229813..58ccfb0 100644
--- a/internal/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/server/server.go
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ func New(cfg Config, eng *engine.Engine, fw Firewall, ifaces Interfaces, log *sl
 	s := &Server{cfg: cfg, eng: eng, fw: fw, ifaces: ifaces, store: eng.Store(), log: log, mux: http.NewServeMux(), limiter: newRateLimiter(),
 		web: web, started: time.Now(), logs: newLogRing(2000), nowFn: time.Now, unitLinks: nftablesUnitLinks}
 	s.routes()
+	// What the quotas used is saved after every change too, not only every
+	// five minutes: a change that counts a quota differently converts its
+	// usage, and a restart must not bring back the old kind.
+	prev := eng.OnChange
+	eng.OnChange = func(st *model.State) {
+		if prev != nil {
+			prev(st)
+		}
+		s.SaveQuotaUsage(context.Background())
+	}
 	return s
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/server/server_test.go b/internal/server/server_test.go
index 9a5e1a3..650edf2 100644
--- a/internal/server/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/server_test.go
@@ -792,6 +792,21 @@ func TestQuotaResets(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestQuotaUsageSavedOnChange: a change saves what the quotas used at
+// once (a restart must not bring back usage counted the old way).
+func TestQuotaUsageSavedOnChange(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEnv(t)
+	e.call(e.token, "POST", "/zones", model.Zone{Name: "lan", Interfaces: []string{"eth1"}}, nil)
+	e.fw.mu.Lock()
+	e.fw.quotas = nft.QuotaUsage{Quotas: map[string]int64{"quota_r7": 4242}}
+	e.fw.mu.Unlock()
+	e.call(e.token, "POST", "/zones", model.Zone{Name: "dmz", Interfaces: []string{"eth2"}}, nil)
+	v, err := e.eng.Store().GetMeta(context.Background(), QuotaUsageKey)
+	if err != nil || !strings.Contains(v, `"quota_r7":4242`) {
+		t.Errorf("saved usage %q %v", v, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestAutoConfirm: the client that made a change confirms it by itself:
 // with its token, from the same address, over a new connection. Nobody
 // else can, an older token can't, and with manual_confirm there is none.