diff --git a/bin/omarchy-toggle-bar b/bin/omarchy-toggle-bar
index f76fe049..be18a647 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-toggle-bar
+++ b/bin/omarchy-toggle-bar
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@
 # omarchy:examples=omarchy toggle bar | omarchy toggle bar off | omarchy toggle bar on
 
 omarchy-toggle bar-off "${1:-toggle}"
+
+# The shell's watch on the toggles directory can miss flag changes that land in
+# quick succession, stranding the bar off screen until the shell restarts.
+# Nudge the bar to re-read the flag; quiet best-effort so the toggle still
+# works when the shell is not up.
+omarchy-shell -q omarchy.bar syncHidden
diff --git a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
index 9e736b3f..def615af 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/bar/Bar.qml
@@ -948,6 +948,21 @@ Item {
     onFileChanged: barHiddenProbe.running = true
   }
 
+  // The directory watch can permanently stop delivering events after flag
+  // changes land in quick succession, stranding the bar off screen until the
+  // shell restarts. `omarchy-toggle-bar` nudges this after flipping the flag
+  // so the probe re-reads it even when the watch has gone quiet.
+  IpcHandler {
+    target: "omarchy.bar"
+
+    // Start rather than restart: a probe already in flight was launched by the
+    // directory watch after the flag flipped, so its answer is current, and
+    // killing it here can swallow the result entirely.
+    function syncHidden(): void {
+      barHiddenProbe.running = true
+    }
+  }
+
   Variants {
     model: Quickshell.screens