diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Institutions/InstitutionsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Institutions/InstitutionsController.coffee
index 7251effcc8..0d9592db58 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Institutions/InstitutionsController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Institutions/InstitutionsController.coffee
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ logger = require("logger-sharelatex")
 UserGetter = require("../User/UserGetter")
 { addAffiliation } = require("../Institutions/InstitutionsAPI")
 Institution = require('../../models/Institution').Institution
+FeaturesUpdater = require('../Subscription/FeaturesUpdater')
 async = require('async')
 
 module.exports = InstitutionsController =
@@ -36,5 +37,5 @@ affiliateUserByReversedHostname = (user, reversedHostname, callback) ->
 			if error?
 				logger.err error: error, 'problem adding affiliation while confirming hostname'
 				return innerCallback(error)
-			innerCallback()
+			FeaturesUpdater.refreshFeatures user._id, true, innerCallback
 	), callback
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Institutions/InstitutionsControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Institutions/InstitutionsControllerTests.coffee
index 6152b706ea..351c2a2e00 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Institutions/InstitutionsControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Institutions/InstitutionsControllerTests.coffee
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ describe "InstitutionsController", ->
 		
 		@getUsersByHostname = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, [ @stubbedUser1, @stubbedUser2 ])
 		@addAffiliation = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
+		@refreshFeatures = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null)
 		@InstitutionsController = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
 			'logger-sharelatex': @logger
 			'../User/UserGetter':
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ describe "InstitutionsController", ->
 				addAffiliation: @addAffiliation
 			'../../models/Institution': Institution: @Institution =
 				findOneAndUpdate: sinon.stub().yields()
+			'../Subscription/FeaturesUpdater':
+				refreshFeatures: @refreshFeatures
 
 		@req =
 			body: hostname: 'mit.edu'
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ describe "InstitutionsController", ->
 				@addAffiliation.calledWith(@stubbedUser1._id, @stubbedUser1.emails[0].email).should.equal true
 				@addAffiliation.calledWith(@stubbedUser1._id, @stubbedUser1.emails[2].email).should.equal true
 				@addAffiliation.calledWith(@stubbedUser2._id, @stubbedUser2.emails[0].email).should.equal true
+				@refreshFeatures.calledWith(@stubbedUser1._id, true).should.equal true
+				@refreshFeatures.calledWith(@stubbedUser2._id, true).should.equal true
 				done()
 			@InstitutionsController.confirmDomain @req, @res, @next