diff --git a/core/commands/config.go b/core/commands/config.go
index 24875c3ea..a5011f258 100644
--- a/core/commands/config.go
+++ b/core/commands/config.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ var configProfileApplyCmd = &cmds.Command{
 			return
 		}
 
-		err := transformConfig(req.InvocContext().ConfigRoot, profile.Apply)
+		err := transformConfig(req.InvocContext().ConfigRoot, "apply-"+req.Arguments()[0], profile.Apply)
 		if err != nil {
 			res.SetError(err, cmdkit.ErrNormal)
 			return
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Backing up the config before running this command is advised.`,
 			return
 		}
 
-		err := transformConfig(req.InvocContext().ConfigRoot, profile.Revert)
+		err := transformConfig(req.InvocContext().ConfigRoot, "revert-"+req.Arguments()[0], profile.Revert)
 		if err != nil {
 			res.SetError(err, cmdkit.ErrNormal)
 			return
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Backing up the config before running this command is advised.`,
 	},
 }
 
-func transformConfig(configRoot string, transformer config.Transformer) error {
+func transformConfig(configRoot string, backupName string, transformer config.Transformer) error {
 	r, err := fsrepo.Open(configRoot)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func transformConfig(configRoot string, transformer config.Transformer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = r.BackupConfig("profile-")
+	_, err = r.BackupConfig(backupName + "-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index e4cff76f8..1376414bf 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ command.
 Available profiles:
 - `server`
 
-  Recommended for nodes with public IPv4 address, disables host and content
-  discovery in local networks.
+  Recommended for nodes with public IPv4 address (servers, VPSes, etc.),
+  disables host and content discovery in local networks.
 
 - `test`
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Available profiles:
   If you apply this profile after `ipfs init`, you will need to convert your
   datastore to the new configuration. You can do this using [ipfs-ds-convert](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-ds-convert)
 
-  WARNING: badger datastore is experimantal. Make sure to backup your data
+  WARNING: badger datastore is experimental. Make sure to backup your data
   frequently
 
 
diff --git a/repo/config/profile.go b/repo/config/profile.go
index 529cf3a97..87668357f 100644
--- a/repo/config/profile.go
+++ b/repo/config/profile.go
@@ -9,39 +9,38 @@ type Profile struct {
 	Revert Transformer
 }
 
+// defaultServerFilters has a list of non-routable IPv4 prefixes
+// according to http://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml
+var defaultServerFilters = []string{
+	"/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8",
+	"/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10",
+	"/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16",
+	"/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12",
+	"/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24",
+	"/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29",
+	"/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32",
+	"/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32",
+	"/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32",
+	"/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24",
+	"/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16",
+	"/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15",
+	"/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24",
+	"/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24",
+	"/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4",
+}
+
 // Profiles is a map holding configuration transformers. Docs are in docs/config.md
 var Profiles = map[string]*Profile{
 	"server": {
 		Apply: func(c *Config) error {
-
-			// defaultServerFilters has a list of non-routable IPv4 prefixes
-			// according to http://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml
-			defaultServerFilters := []string{
-				"/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8",
-				"/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10",
-				"/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16",
-				"/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12",
-				"/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24",
-				"/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29",
-				"/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32",
-				"/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32",
-				"/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32",
-				"/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24",
-				"/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16",
-				"/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15",
-				"/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24",
-				"/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24",
-				"/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4",
-			}
-
-			c.Addresses.NoAnnounce = append(c.Addresses.NoAnnounce, defaultServerFilters...)
-			c.Swarm.AddrFilters = append(c.Swarm.AddrFilters, defaultServerFilters...)
+			c.Addresses.NoAnnounce = appendSingle(c.Addresses.NoAnnounce, defaultServerFilters)
+			c.Swarm.AddrFilters = appendSingle(c.Swarm.AddrFilters, defaultServerFilters)
 			c.Discovery.MDNS.Enabled = false
 			return nil
 		},
 		Revert: func(c *Config) error {
-			c.Addresses.NoAnnounce = []string{}
-			c.Swarm.AddrFilters = []string{}
+			c.Addresses.NoAnnounce = deleteEntries(c.Addresses.NoAnnounce, defaultServerFilters)
+			c.Swarm.AddrFilters = deleteEntries(c.Swarm.AddrFilters, defaultServerFilters)
 			c.Discovery.MDNS.Enabled = true
 			return nil
 		},
@@ -87,3 +86,33 @@ var Profiles = map[string]*Profile{
 		},
 	},
 }
+
+func appendSingle(a []string, b []string) []string {
+	m := map[string]struct{}{}
+	for _, f := range a {
+		m[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	for _, f := range b {
+		m[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return mapKeys(m)
+}
+
+func deleteEntries(arr []string, del []string) []string {
+	m := map[string]struct{}{}
+	for _, f := range arr {
+		m[f] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	for _, f := range del {
+		delete(m, f)
+	}
+	return mapKeys(m)
+}
+
+func mapKeys(m map[string]struct{}) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	for f := range m {
+		out = append(out, f)
+	}
+	return out
+}