diff --git a/configs/alacritty.nix b/configs/alacritty.nix
index 2601ff6..6359ab8 100644
--- a/configs/alacritty.nix
+++ b/configs/alacritty.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     name = "alacritty";
     paths = [
       (pkgs.writeDashBin "alacritty" ''
-        ${pkgs.alacritty}/bin/alacritty --config-file /var/theme/config/alacritty.yml "$@"
+        ${pkgs.alacritty}/bin/alacritty --config-file /var/theme/config/alacritty.yaml msg create-window "$@" ||
+        ${pkgs.alacritty}/bin/alacritty --config-file /var/theme/config/alacritty.yaml "$@"
       '')
       pkgs.alacritty
     ];