diff --git a/ags/scripts/apps.ts b/ags/scripts/apps.ts
index 5741c3a..ccb6c59 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/apps.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/apps.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import AstalHyprland from "gi://AstalHyprland";
 import { execAsync } from "astal";
 
 
+export const uwsmIsActive: boolean = await execAsync(
+    "uwsm check is-active hyprland-uwsm.desktop"
+).then(() => true).catch(() => false);
 const astalApps: AstalApps.Apps = new AstalApps.Apps();
-const uwsmIsActive: boolean = await execAsync("uwsm check is-active").then((stdout) =>
-    /hyprland/gi.test(stdout)).catch(() => false);
+
 let appsList: Array<AstalApps.Application> = astalApps.get_list();
 
 export function getApps(): Array<AstalApps.Application> {
diff --git a/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts b/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
index d04f82a..e4a2de0 100644
--- a/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
+++ b/ags/scripts/reload-handler.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-import { monitorFile, Process } from "astal";
+import { execAsync, Gio, monitorFile } from "astal";
 import { App } from "astal/gtk3";
+import { uwsmIsActive } from "./apps";
 
 const monitoringPaths = [ "./scripts", "./window", "./app.ts", "env.d.ts" ];
 
 export function restartInstance(instanceName?: string): void {
-    Process.exec_async(`astal -q ${ instanceName || App.instanceName || "astal" }`, () => {});
-    Process.exec_async(`ags run`, () => {});
+    execAsync(`astal -q ${ instanceName ?? App.instanceName ?? "astal" }`);
+    Gio.Subprocess.new(
+        ( uwsmIsActive ? 
+            [ "uwsm", "app", "--", "ags", "run" ]
+         : [ "ags", "run" ]), 
+        Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDOUT_PIPE | Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDERR_PIPE
+    );
 }
 
 export function monitorPaths(): void {
diff --git a/hypr/scripts/exec.sh b/hypr/scripts/exec.sh
index 08c3485..c5f787d 100644
--- a/hypr/scripts/exec.sh
+++ b/hypr/scripts/exec.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 # From: https://github.com/retrozinndev/colorshell
 
 
-if uwsm check is-active; then
-    exec uwsm-app -- $@
+if uwsm check is-active "hyprland-uwsm.desktop"; then
+    exec uwsm app -- "$@"
     exit 0
 fi
 
-exec $@
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/hypr/shell/autostart.conf b/hypr/shell/autostart.conf
index 458e956..1845d16 100644
--- a/hypr/shell/autostart.conf
+++ b/hypr/shell/autostart.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ exec-once = systemctl enable --user --now hyprsunset
 exec-once = systemctl enable --user --now hyprpaper
 
 # Scripts
-exec-once = $exec sh $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/scripts/gen-pywal.sh
-exec-once = $exec sleep 3 && sh $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/scripts/load-hyprsunset.sh # wait some time to actually set the filters
+exec-once = sh $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/scripts/gen-pywal.sh
+exec-once = sleep 3 && sh $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/scripts/load-hyprsunset.sh # wait some time to actually set the filters
 
 # Shell
 exec-once = $exec ags run