diff --git a/app/src/App.tsx b/app/src/App.tsx
index 600a539..528fbeb 100644
--- a/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export function App() {
           />
         )}
       </div>
-      {settingsOpen && config && <Settings config={config} health={health} onClose={() => setSettingsOpen(false)} />}
+      {settingsOpen && config && <Settings config={config} health={health} onClose={() => setSettingsOpen(false)} onReload={() => { void loadHealth(); void refresh(); }} />}
       {wizard && <Wizard onDone={(id) => { setWizard(false); setActiveId(id); void refresh(); }} onCancel={() => setWizard(false)} />}
       {deleteTarget && (
         <ConfirmDelete
diff --git a/app/src/Settings.tsx b/app/src/Settings.tsx
index 4334fe5..5398561 100644
--- a/app/src/Settings.tsx
+++ b/app/src/Settings.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { ConfigView, DaemonHealth } from "./socketBridge";
 
 const FONTS = ["JetBrains Mono", "Menlo", "Monaco", "SF Mono", "Fira Code", "Cascadia Code"];
 
-export function Settings({ config, health, onClose }: { config: ConfigView; health: DaemonHealth | null; onClose: () => void }) {
+export function Settings({ config, health, onClose, onReload }: { config: ConfigView; health: DaemonHealth | null; onClose: () => void; onReload: () => void }) {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   useEffect(() => { ref.current?.focus(); }, []);
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function Settings({ config, health, onClose }: { config: ConfigView; heal
         <input value={shellLocal} onChange={(e) => setShellLocal(e.target.value)} onBlur={() => void setConfig({ default_shell: shellLocal })}
           style={{ width: "100%", padding: 8, marginBottom: 18, background: COLORS.bgPanel, color: COLORS.textPrimary, border: `1px solid ${COLORS.borderStrong}`, borderRadius: 8 }} />
 
-        <DaemonSection health={health} />
+        <DaemonSection health={health} onReload={onReload} />
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -70,8 +70,14 @@ function fmtUptime(ms: number): string {
   return `${Math.floor(s / 3600)}h ${Math.floor((s % 3600) / 60)}m`;
 }
 
-function DaemonSection({ health }: { health: DaemonHealth | null }) {
+function DaemonSection({ health, onReload }: { health: DaemonHealth | null; onReload: () => void }) {
   const [confirm, setConfirm] = useState<null | "stop" | "restart">(null);
+  // Tick so uptime counts up live while the modal is open.
+  const [, setTick] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const t = setInterval(() => setTick((n) => n + 1), 1000);
+    return () => clearInterval(t);
+  }, []);
   return (
     <div style={{ marginTop: 8, paddingTop: 16, borderTop: `1px solid ${COLORS.borderSubtle}` }}>
       <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: COLORS.textSecondary, marginBottom: 8 }}>Daemon</div>
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ function DaemonSection({ health }: { health: DaemonHealth | null }) {
           </div>
           <div style={{ display: "flex", gap: 8, justifyContent: "flex-end" }}>
             <button onClick={() => setConfirm(null)} style={{ padding: "5px 12px", background: COLORS.bgElevated, color: COLORS.textPrimary, border: `1px solid ${COLORS.borderStrong}`, borderRadius: 6, fontSize: 12 }}>Cancel</button>
-            <button onClick={() => { const c = confirm; setConfirm(null); void (c === "stop" ? shutdownDaemon() : restartDaemon()); }}
+            <button onClick={() => { const c = confirm; setConfirm(null); void (c === "stop" ? shutdownDaemon() : restartDaemon()).then(onReload); }}
               style={{ padding: "5px 12px", background: COLORS.stError, color: "#fff", border: "none", borderRadius: 6, fontSize: 12, fontWeight: 600 }}>
               {confirm === "stop" ? "Stop" : "Restart"}
             </button>
diff --git a/app/src/TerminalView.tsx b/app/src/TerminalView.tsx
index cc5817a..4b31dd2 100644
--- a/app/src/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/app/src/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function TerminalView({ surfaceId, font, palette }: { surfaceId: string;
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const termRef = useRef<Terminal | null>(null);
   const fitRef = useRef<FitAddon | null>(null);
+  const webglRef = useRef<WebglAddon | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!ref.current) return;
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ export function TerminalView({ surfaceId, font, palette }: { surfaceId: string;
     termRef.current = term;
 
     try {
-      term.loadAddon(new WebglAddon());
+      const webgl = new WebglAddon();
+      term.loadAddon(webgl);
+      webglRef.current = webgl;
     } catch {
       // webgl unavailable → fall back to canvas/dom renderer silently
     }
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ export function TerminalView({ surfaceId, font, palette }: { surfaceId: string;
       term.dispose();
       termRef.current = null;
       fitRef.current = null;
+      webglRef.current = null;
     };
   }, [surfaceId]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
@@ -110,6 +114,10 @@ export function TerminalView({ surfaceId, font, palette }: { surfaceId: string;
     if (font) {
       t.options.fontFamily = `'${font.family}', monospace`;
       t.options.fontSize = font.size;
+      // The WebGL renderer caches rasterized glyphs in a texture atlas keyed by
+      // the old font/size; without clearing it the grid keeps rendering stale
+      // glyphs after a font change.
+      webglRef.current?.clearTextureAtlas();
     }
     if (palette) t.options.theme = xtermTheme(palette);
     requestAnimationFrame(() => { try { fitRef.current?.fit(); } catch { /* ignore */ } });