diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
index 922e427f6f..29bf9d5395 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
             selector: #selector(onToggleFullscreen),
             name: Ghostty.Notification.ghosttyToggleFullscreen,
             object: nil)
+        center.addObserver(
+            self,
+            selector: #selector(ghosttyDidReloadConfig),
+            name: Ghostty.Notification.ghosttyDidReloadConfig,
+            object: nil)
     }
 
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
@@ -58,6 +63,9 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         // make this restorable, but it isn't currently implemented.
         window.isRestorable = false
 
+        // Setup our configured appearance that we support.
+        syncAppearance()
+
         // Setup our initial size based on our configured position
         position.setLoaded(window)
 
@@ -242,6 +250,25 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         })
     }
 
+    private func syncAppearance() {
+        guard let window else { return }
+
+        // If we have window transparency then set it transparent. Otherwise set it opaque.
+        if (ghostty.config.backgroundOpacity < 1) {
+            window.isOpaque = false
+
+            // This is weird, but we don't use ".clear" because this creates a look that
+            // matches Terminal.app much more closer. This lets users transition from
+            // Terminal.app more easily.
+            window.backgroundColor = .white.withAlphaComponent(0.001)
+
+            ghostty_set_window_background_blur(ghostty.app, Unmanaged.passUnretained(window).toOpaque())
+        } else {
+            window.isOpaque = true
+            window.backgroundColor = .windowBackgroundColor
+        }
+    }
+
     // MARK: First Responder
 
     @IBAction override func closeWindow(_ sender: Any) {
@@ -273,4 +300,8 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         // We ignore the requested mode and always use non-native for the quick terminal
         toggleFullscreen(mode: .nonNative)
     }
+
+    @objc private func ghosttyDidReloadConfig(notification: SwiftUI.Notification) {
+        syncAppearance()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 70e4ca94c5..352fb41076 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 delegate.configDidReload(state)
             }
 
+            // Send an event out
+            NotificationCenter.default.post(
+                name: Ghostty.Notification.ghosttyDidReloadConfig,
+                object: nil)
+
             return newConfig.config
         }
 
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
index c55af23579..1c56953197 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Package.swift
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ extension Ghostty.Notification {
     /// Used to pass a configuration along when creating a new tab/window/split.
     static let NewSurfaceConfigKey = "com.mitchellh.ghostty.newSurfaceConfig"
 
+    /// Posted when the application configuration is reloaded.
+    static let ghosttyDidReloadConfig = Notification.Name("com.mitchellh.ghostty.didReloadConfig")
+
     /// Posted when a new split is requested. The sending object will be the surface that had focus. The
     /// userdata has one key "direction" with the direction to split to.
     static let ghosttyNewSplit = Notification.Name("com.mitchellh.ghostty.newSplit")