diff --git a/update_all_sdkconfigs.py b/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
index a8bf3ab..3dfadda 100755
--- a/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
+++ b/update_all_sdkconfigs.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import subprocess
 # execute './switchconf.sh --list' to get the list of available configurations
 output = subprocess.check_output(['bash', './switchconf.sh', '--list']).decode('utf-8').splitlines()
 
+# read symlink './sdkconfig' to get the current configuration
+current_config = os.readlink('./sdkconfig')
+
 if len(output) == 0:
     print('No configurations found!')
     exit(1)
@@ -18,4 +21,8 @@ for config in output:
     print('Switching to configuration: ' + config)
     subprocess.check_call(['bash', './switchconf.sh', config])
     # execute idf.py menuconfig and wait for user to close again
-    subprocess.check_call(['idf.py', 'menuconfig'])
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+    subprocess.check_call(['idf.py', 'menuconfig'])
+
+# switch back to current configuration
+print('Switching back to configuration: ' + current_config)
+subprocess.check_call(['bash', './switchconf.sh', current_config])
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