diff --git a/modules/home.nix b/modules/home.nix
index 8928ff4..53cb972 100644
--- a/modules/home.nix
+++ b/modules/home.nix
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ in
         # the ~/.local/share/bg symlink if it exists.
         "awww-daemon"
         "sh -c '[ -e \"$HOME/.local/share/bg\" ] && awww img \"$HOME/.local/share/bg\"'"
-        # re-push wallpaper + reload waybar on monitor add/remove (media.nix)
+        # re-push wallpaper + relaunch waybar on monitor add/remove (media.nix)
         "monitor-hotplug"
       ];
     };
diff --git a/modules/media.nix b/modules/media.nix
index ded2412..f2e8870 100644
--- a/modules/media.nix
+++ b/modules/media.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # awww-daemon and the boot-time restore from that symlink run as Hyprland
 # `exec-once` (see home.nix).
 
-{ pkgs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, config, ... }:
 
 let
   # setbg: persist the choice as an XDG-data symlink, then set it live. Startup
@@ -21,20 +21,30 @@ let
   # awww-daemon paints only the outputs present when `awww img` last ran and does
   # not repaint a monitor hotplugged afterwards — it comes up on the fill color
   # (black), and a transparent foot on it then shows that black, not the
-  # wallpaper. Symmetric problem on unplug: removing an output makes Hyprland
-  # drop and not recreate the layer-shell surfaces on the surviving monitor, so
+  # wallpaper. Symmetric problem on real DP/HDMI unplug: Hyprland drops the
+  # layer-shell surfaces on the surviving monitor and does not recreate them, so
   # its waybar and wallpaper vanish. Watch Hyprland's event socket and, on either
   # add or remove, re-push the wallpaper (setbg with no arg → all current
-  # outputs) and reload waybar (SIGUSR2 rebuilds its per-output bars). Hyprland
-  # emits both `monitoradded` and `monitoraddedv2`; match only the non-v2 forms
-  # so each side fires once. Runs as a Hyprland exec-once (see home.nix).
+  # outputs) and fully relaunch waybar. A SIGUSR2 reload is not enough — it
+  # rereads config but does not recreate a bar Hyprland already tore down — so
+  # kill and restart, which enumerates the current outputs and draws a bar on
+  # each. The event flaps (several add/remove lines per plug); the loop is
+  # sequential so each pass converges to one waybar. Hyprland emits both
+  # `monitoradded` and `monitoraddedv2`; match only the non-v2 forms so each side
+  # fires once. Runs as a Hyprland exec-once (see home.nix).
+  hyprctl = "${config.wayland.windowManager.hyprland.finalPackage}/bin/hyprctl";
   monitorHotplug = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "monitor-hotplug" ''
     sock="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/hypr/''${HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE}/.socket2.sock"
     ${pkgs.socat}/bin/socat -u UNIX-CONNECT:"$sock" - | while IFS= read -r line; do
       case "$line" in
         "monitoradded>>"* | "monitorremoved>>"*)
-          setbg
-          ${pkgs.procps}/bin/pkill -USR2 -x .waybar-wrapped || true
+          sleep 1                                    # let Hyprland settle the new geometry
+          setbg                                      # re-push wallpaper to all current outputs
+          ${pkgs.procps}/bin/pkill -x waybar || true # relaunch waybar fresh (see comment)
+          i=0
+          while [ $i -lt 6 ] && ${pkgs.procps}/bin/pgrep -x waybar >/dev/null; do sleep 0.3; i=$((i+1)); done
+          ${pkgs.procps}/bin/pkill -9 -x waybar || true
+          ${hyprctl} dispatch exec waybar
           ;;
       esac
     done