diff --git a/bin/omarchy-restart-terminal b/bin/omarchy-restart-terminal
index 9e2f7ad0..6de616ed 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-restart-terminal
+++ b/bin/omarchy-restart-terminal
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@ if [[ -f ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ]]; then
   touch ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
 fi
 
-killall -SIGUSR1 kitty
-killall -SIGUSR2 ghostty
+if pgrep -x kitty; then
+  killall -SIGUSR1 kitty
+fi
+
+if pgrep -x ghostty; then
+  killall -SIGUSR2 ghostty
+fi