diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index a6d007303..c3f55cbdf 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -2587,6 +2587,9 @@ class ProxyConfig:
                 general_settings["alerting"] = _general_settings["alerting"]
                 proxy_logging_obj.alerting = general_settings["alerting"]
 
+            # router settings
+            _router_settings = config_data.get("router_settings", {})
+            llm_router.set_settings(**_router_settings)
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_proxy_logger.error(
                 "{}\nTraceback:{}".format(str(e), traceback.format_exc())
@@ -8196,8 +8199,8 @@ async def update_config(config_info: ConfigYAML):
             _updated_router_settings = config_info.router_settings
 
             config["router_settings"] = {
-                **_updated_router_settings,
                 **config["router_settings"],
+                **_updated_router_settings,
             }
 
         # Save the updated config
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index f4d014b31..098d254b7 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -2336,6 +2336,10 @@ class Router:
         return None
 
     def get_settings(self):
+        """
+        Get router settings method, returns a dictionary of the settings and their values.
+        For example get the set values for routing_strategy_args, routing_strategy, allowed_fails, cooldown_time, num_retries, timeout, max_retries, retry_after
+        """
         _all_vars = vars(self)
         _settings_to_return = {}
         vars_to_include = [
@@ -2354,6 +2358,25 @@ class Router:
                 _settings_to_return[var] = _all_vars[var]
         return _settings_to_return
 
+    def set_settings(self, **kwargs):
+        # only the following settings are allowed to be configured
+        _allowed_settings = [
+            "routing_strategy_args",
+            "routing_strategy",
+            "allowed_fails",
+            "cooldown_time",
+            "num_retries",
+            "timeout",
+            "max_retries",
+            "retry_after",
+        ]
+
+        for var in kwargs:
+            if var in _allowed_settings:
+                setattr(self, var, kwargs[var])
+            else:
+                raise Exception(f"In router.set_settings, {var} is not a valid setting")
+
     def _get_client(self, deployment, kwargs, client_type=None):
         """
         Returns the appropriate client based on the given deployment, kwargs, and client_type.
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/general_settings.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/general_settings.tsx
index e415d8a19..6ea3fcc8a 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/general_settings.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/general_settings.tsx
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ const GeneralSettings: React.FC<GeneralSettingsPageProps> = ({
     try {
       setCallbacksCall(accessToken, payload);
     } catch (error) {
-      message.error("Failed to update callback: " + error, 20);
+      message.error("Failed to update router settings: " + error, 20);
     }
 
-    message.success("Callback updated successfully");
+    message.success("router settings updated successfully");
   };