diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
index 237139e7b..41a3df530 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class SurfaceScrollView: NSView {
         surfaceView.$derivedConfig
             .sink { [weak self] _ in
                 DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
-                    self?.synchronizeAppearance()
+                    self?.handleConfigChange()
                 }
             }
             .store(in: &cancellables)
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ class SurfaceScrollView: NSView {
     private func handleScrollerStyleChange() {
         synchronizeCoreSurface()
     }
+
+    /// Handles config changes
+    private func handleConfigChange() {
+        synchronizeAppearance()
+        synchronizeCoreSurface()
+    }
     
     /// Handles live scroll events (user actively dragging the scrollbar).
     ///