diff --git a/utils/configobserver.go b/utils/configobserver.go
index f8f42942..c05c0e75 100644
--- a/utils/configobserver.go
+++ b/utils/configobserver.go
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"container/list"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/utils/events"
 )
 
 type ConfigBuilder[T any] interface {
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ type ConfigDefaulter[T any] interface {
 }
 
 type ConfigObserver[T any] struct {
-	builder ConfigBuilder[T]
-	watcher *fsnotify.Watcher
-	mu      sync.Mutex
-	cbs     list.List
-	conf    *T
+	builder   ConfigBuilder[T]
+	watcher   *fsnotify.Watcher
+	observers *events.ObserverList[*T]
+	conf      atomic.Pointer[T]
 }
 
 func NewConfigObserver[T any](path string, builder ConfigBuilder[T]) (*ConfigObserver[T], *T, error) {
 	c := &ConfigObserver[T]{
-		builder: builder,
+		builder:   builder,
+		observers: events.NewObserverList[*T](events.WithBlocking()),
 	}
 
 	conf, err := c.load(path)
@@ -74,32 +74,18 @@ func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) Close() {
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) EmitConfigUpdate(conf *T) {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-	for e := c.cbs.Front(); e != nil; e = e.Next() {
-		e.Value.(func(*T))(conf)
-	}
+	c.observers.Emit(conf)
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) Observe(cb func(*T)) func() {
 	if c == nil {
 		return func() {}
 	}
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	e := c.cbs.PushBack(cb)
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	return func() {
-		c.mu.Lock()
-		c.cbs.Remove(e)
-		c.mu.Unlock()
-	}
+	return c.observers.On(cb)
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) Load() *T {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-	return c.conf
+	return c.conf.Load()
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) watch() {
@@ -165,9 +151,7 @@ func (c *ConfigObserver[T]) load(path string) (*T, error) {
 		d.InitDefaults(conf)
 	}
 
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.conf = conf
-	c.mu.Unlock()
+	c.conf.Store(conf)
 
 	return conf, err
 }