diff --git a/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go b/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go
index e61bfc220..504458dbb 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/dump/restore.go
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ func Restore(filename string) error {
 	_ = cfgr.Close()
 	_ = outFile.Close()
 
-	log.Info("Restored config file.")
+	log.Infof("The config file has been restored to '%s'.", configFile.Name)
+	log.Infof("You can now make changes to it, hit enter when you're done.")
+	if _, err := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadString('\n'); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read from stdin: %s", err)
+	}
+	log.Info("Restoring...")
 
 	// Init the configFile again since the restored configuration is most likely different from the one before
 	initialize.LightInit()