diff --git a/modules/programs/vicinae.nix b/modules/programs/vicinae.nix
index 7f27e41b..61d7bbb1 100644
--- a/modules/programs/vicinae.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/vicinae.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let
   packageVersion = if cfg.package != null then lib.getVersion cfg.package else null;
   themeIsToml = lib.versionAtLeast packageVersion "0.15.0";
   versionPost0_17 = lib.versionAtLeast packageVersion "0.17.0";
+  settingsPath = if versionPost0_17 then "vicinae/settings.json" else "vicinae/vicinae.json";
 in
 {
   meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.leiserfg ];
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ in
             source = themeFormat.generate "vicinae-${name}-theme" theme;
           }
         ) cfg.themes;
-        settingsPath = if versionPost0_17 then "vicinae/settings.json" else "vicinae/vicinae.json";
       in
       {
         configFile = {
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ in
             USE_LAYER_SHELL=${if cfg.useLayerShell then toString 1 else toString 0}
           ''
         );
+        X-Restart-Triggers = lib.mkIf (cfg.settings != { }) [
+          config.xdg.configFile.${settingsPath}.source
+        ];
       };
       Install = lib.mkIf cfg.systemd.autoStart {
         WantedBy = [ cfg.systemd.target ];
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/example-settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/example-settings.nix
index 01224052..25de8b7b 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/example-settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/example-settings.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
     assertFileExists      "home-files/.local/share/vicinae/themes/catppuccin-mocha.toml"
     assertFileExists      "home-files/.local/share/vicinae/extensions/cdnjs/package.json"
     assertFileExists      "home-files/.local/share/vicinae/extensions/test-extension/package.json"
-    assertFileContent     "home-files/.config/systemd/user/vicinae.service"  ${./service.service}
+
+    serviceFile=$(normalizeStorePaths "home-files/.config/systemd/user/vicinae.service")
+    assertFileContent  $serviceFile  ${./service.service}
   '';
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/service.service b/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/service.service
index abc25c78..d200d69b 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/service.service
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/vicinae/service.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ KillMode=process
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=5
 Type=simple
+X-Restart-Triggers=/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-vicinae-settings
 
 [Unit]
 After=graphical-session.target