diff --git a/wled00/cfg.cpp b/wled00/cfg.cpp
index e59a342c5..91689aab4 100644
--- a/wled00/cfg.cpp
+++ b/wled00/cfg.cpp
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ bool deserializeConfig(JsonObject doc, bool fromFS) {
   if (!hw_btn_ins.isNull()) {
     for (uint8_t b = 0; b < WLED_MAX_BUTTONS; b++) { // deallocate existing button pins
       pinManager.deallocatePin(btnPin[b], PinOwner::Button); // does nothing if trying to deallocate a pin with PinOwner != Button
-      #ifdef SOC_TOUCH_VERSION_2  // ESP32 S2 and S3 have a fucntion to check touch state, detach any previous assignments
-      touchDetachInterrupt(btnPin[b]);
-      #endif
     }
     uint8_t s = 0;
     for (JsonObject btn : hw_btn_ins) {
@@ -260,7 +257,7 @@ bool deserializeConfig(JsonObject doc, bool fromFS) {
         #ifdef SOC_TOUCH_VERSION_2    // ESP32 S2 and S3 have a fucntion to check touch state but need to attach an interrupt to do so
           else if ((buttonType[s] == BTN_TYPE_TOUCH || buttonType[s] == BTN_TYPE_TOUCH_SWITCH)) 
           {
-            touchAttachInterrupt(btnPin[s], touchButtonISR, touchThreshold<<4); //threshold on Touch V2 is much higher (1500 is a value given by Espressif example)
+            touchAttachInterrupt(btnPin[s], touchButtonISR, 256 + (touchThreshold << 4)); // threshold on Touch V2 is much higher (1500 is a value given by Espressif example, I measured changes of over 5000)
           }
         #endif 
         else
diff --git a/wled00/pin_manager.cpp b/wled00/pin_manager.cpp
index 044dc6c92..e80583464 100644
--- a/wled00/pin_manager.cpp
+++ b/wled00/pin_manager.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ bool PinManagerClass::deallocatePin(byte gpio, PinOwner tag)
     return false;
   }
 
+  #ifdef SOC_TOUCH_VERSION_2 // ESP32 S2 and S3 have a fucntion to check touch state, detach any previous assignments
+  if (digitalPinToTouchChannel(gpio) >= 0) //if touch capable pin
+    touchDetachInterrupt(gpio); 
+  #endif
+
   byte by = gpio >> 3;
   byte bi = gpio - 8*by;
   bitWrite(pinAlloc[by], bi, false);
diff --git a/wled00/set.cpp b/wled00/set.cpp
index 70e7d0470..8a461fbc8 100755
--- a/wled00/set.cpp
+++ b/wled00/set.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ void handleSettingsSet(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, byte subPage)
     rlyMde = (bool)request->hasArg(F("RM"));
 
     disablePullUp = (bool)request->hasArg(F("IP"));
+    touchThreshold = request->arg(F("TT")).toInt();
     for (uint8_t i=0; i<WLED_MAX_BUTTONS; i++) {
       char bt[4] = "BT"; bt[2] = (i<10?48:55)+i; bt[3] = 0; // button pin (use A,B,C,... if WLED_MAX_BUTTONS>10)
       char be[4] = "BE"; be[2] = (i<10?48:55)+i; be[3] = 0; // button type (use A,B,C,... if WLED_MAX_BUTTONS>10)
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ void handleSettingsSet(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, byte subPage)
           #ifdef SOC_TOUCH_VERSION_2 // ESP32 S2 and S3 have a fucntion to check touch state but need to attach an interrupt to do so
           else                    
           {
-            touchAttachInterrupt(btnPin[i], touchButtonISR, touchThreshold << 4); // threshold on Touch V2 is much higher (1500 is a value given by Espressif example)
+            touchAttachInterrupt(btnPin[i], touchButtonISR, 256 + (touchThreshold << 4)); // threshold on Touch V2 is much higher (1500 is a value given by Espressif example, I measured changes of over 5000)
           }
           #endif          
         }
@@ -286,7 +287,6 @@ void handleSettingsSet(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, byte subPage)
         buttonType[i] = BTN_TYPE_NONE;
       }
     }
-    touchThreshold = request->arg(F("TT")).toInt();
 
     briS = request->arg(F("CA")).toInt();