diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
index a4ef7ad1e..9e33d2dd6 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
@@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
             selector: #selector(ghosttyConfigDidChange(_:)),
             name: .ghosttyConfigDidChange,
             object: nil)
-
-        // Setup our notifications for tab behaviors
+        center.addObserver(
+            self,
+            selector: #selector(onNewTab(_:)),
+            name: Ghostty.Notification.ghosttyNewTab,
+            object: nil)
         center.addObserver(
             tabManager,
             selector: #selector(tabManager.onMoveTab(_:)),
@@ -452,11 +455,6 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
     }
 
     // MARK: First Responder
-
-    @IBAction func newTab(_ sender: Any?) {
-        tabManager.addNewTab()
-    }
-
     @IBAction func toggleGhosttyFullScreen(_ sender: Any) {
         guard let surface = focusedSurface?.surface else { return }
         ghostty.toggleFullscreen(surface: surface)
@@ -490,6 +488,10 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         syncAppearance()
     }
 
+    @objc func onNewTab(_ sender: Any?) {
+        tabManager.newTab()
+    }
+
     private struct DerivedConfig {
         let quickTerminalScreen: QuickTerminalScreen
         let quickTerminalAnimationDuration: Double
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabBarView.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabBarView.swift
index 4d89d98e7..fd0ae4972 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabBarView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabBarView.swift
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct TabBarView: View {
                 .frame(width: 50)
                 .contentShape(Rectangle())  // Make the entire frame clickable
                 .onTapGesture {
-                    tabManager.addNewTab()
+                    tabManager.newTab()
                 }
                 .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
                 .help("New Tab")
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabManager.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabManager.swift
index c05638415..3b136c82f 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabManager.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/Tab/QuickTerminalTabManager.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class QuickTerminalTabManager: ObservableObject {
         self.controller = controller
     }
 
-    func addNewTab() {
+    func newTab() {
         guard let ghostty = controller?.ghostty else { return }
 
         let leaf: Ghostty.SplitNode.Leaf = .init(ghostty.app!, baseConfig: nil)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class QuickTerminalTabManager: ObservableObject {
 
             if currentTab?.id == tab.id {
                 if tabs.isEmpty {
-                    addNewTab()
+                    newTab()
                 } else {
                     let newIndex = min(index, tabs.count - 1)
                     selectTab(tabs[newIndex])