diff --git a/Assets/Matugen/Matugen.qml b/Assets/Matugen/Matugen.qml
index 009349e6..82a804cd 100644
--- a/Assets/Matugen/Matugen.qml
+++ b/Assets/Matugen/Matugen.qml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Singleton {
       lines.push("\n[templates.ghostty]")
       lines.push('input_path = "' + Quickshell.shellDir + '/Assets/Matugen/templates/ghostty.conf"')
       lines.push('output_path = "~/.config/ghostty/themes/noctalia"')
-      lines.push("post_hook = \"grep -q '^theme *= *' ~/.config/ghostty/config; and sed -i 's/^theme *= *.*/theme = noctalia/' ~/.config/ghostty/config; or echo 'theme = noctalia' >> ~/.config/ghostty/config\"")
+      lines.push("post_hook = \"grep -q '^theme *= *' ~/.config/ghostty/config; and sed -i 's/^theme *= *.*/theme = noctalia/' ~/.config/ghostty/config; or echo 'theme = noctalia' >> ~/.config/ghostty/config; and pkill -SIGUSR2 ghostty\"")
     }
     if (Settings.data.matugen.foot) {
       lines.push("\n[templates.foot]")