diff --git a/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix b/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
index ff162fb30..ef41d85e6 100644
--- a/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/services/window-managers/hyprland.nix
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ in {
 
       onChange = lib.mkIf (cfg.package != null) ''
         ( # Execute in subshell so we don't poision environment with vars
-          if [[ -d "/tmp/hypr" ]]; then
+          XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}
+          if [[ -d "/tmp/hypr" || -d "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr" ]]; then
             for i in $(${cfg.finalPackage}/bin/hyprctl instances -j | jq ".[].instance" -r); do
               ${cfg.finalPackage}/bin/hyprctl -i "$i" reload config-only
             done