diff --git a/src/DatabaseManager.php b/src/DatabaseManager.php
index f480e4b7..3a42d3b0 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseManager.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseManager.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class DatabaseManager
     public function connect(Tenant $tenant)
     {
         $this->createTenantConnection($tenant->getDatabaseName(), $tenant->getConnectionName());
+        $this->setDefaultConnection($tenant->getConnectionName());
         $this->switchConnection($tenant->getConnectionName());
     }
 
@@ -49,9 +50,23 @@ class DatabaseManager
      */
     public function reconnect()
     {
+        // Opposite order to connect() because we don't
+        // want to ever purge the central connection
+        $this->setDefaultConnection($this->originalDefaultConnectionName);
         $this->switchConnection($this->originalDefaultConnectionName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Change the default database connection config.
+     *
+     * @param string $connection
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setDefaultConnection(string $connection)
+    {
+        $this->app['config']['database.default'] = $connection;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create the tenant database connection.
      *
@@ -102,7 +117,6 @@ class DatabaseManager
      */
     public function switchConnection(string $connection)
     {
-        $this->app['config']['database.default'] = $connection;
         $this->database->purge();
         $this->database->reconnect($connection);
         $this->database->setDefaultConnection($connection);
diff --git a/tests/DatabaseManagerTest.php b/tests/DatabaseManagerTest.php
index cbd976e8..9195ef69 100644
--- a/tests/DatabaseManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/DatabaseManagerTest.php
@@ -45,4 +45,21 @@ class DatabaseManagerTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('tenant', config('database.default'));
         $this->assertSame('bar', config('database.connections.' . config('database.default') . '.foo'));
     }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function ending_tenancy_doesnt_purge_the_central_connection()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete('Seems like this only happens on MySQL?');
+
+        // regression test for https://github.com/stancl/tenancy/pull/189
+        // config(['tenancy.migrate_after_creation' => true]);
+
+        tenancy()->create(['foo.localhost']);
+        tenancy()->init('foo.localhost');
+        tenancy()->end();
+
+        $this->assertNotEmpty(tenancy()->all());
+
+        tenancy()->all()->each->delete();
+    }
 }