diff --git a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
index 71c644b69..7de55f982 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
+++ b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
 if [[ "$-" != *i* ]] ; then builtin return; fi
 if [ -z "$GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR" ]; then builtin return; fi
 
-# When automatic shell integration is active, we need to manually
-# load the normal bash startup files based on the injected state.
+# When automatic shell integration is active, we were started in POSIX
+# mode and need to manually recreate the bash startup sequence.
 if [ -n "$GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT" ]; then
-  builtin declare ghostty_bash_inject="$GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT"
-  builtin unset GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT ENV
-
-  # At this point, we're in POSIX mode and rely on the injected
-  # flags to guide is through the rest of the startup sequence.
+  # Store a temporary copy of our startup flags and unset these global
+  # environment variables so we can safely handle reentrancy.
+  builtin declare __ghostty_bash_flags="$GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT"
+  builtin unset ENV GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT
 
   # Restore bash's default 'posix' behavior. Also reset 'inherit_errexit',
   # which doesn't happen as part of the 'posix' reset.
@@ -40,35 +39,40 @@ if [ -n "$GHOSTTY_BASH_INJECT" ]; then
     builtin unset GHOSTTY_BASH_UNEXPORT_HISTFILE
   fi
 
-  # Manually source the startup files, respecting the injected flags like
-  # --norc and --noprofile that we parsed with the shell integration code.
-  #
-  # See also: run_startup_files() in shell.c in the Bash source code
-  if builtin shopt -q login_shell; then
-    if [[ $ghostty_bash_inject != *"--noprofile"* ]]; then
-      [ -r /etc/profile ] && builtin source "/etc/profile"
-      for rcfile in "$HOME/.bash_profile" "$HOME/.bash_login" "$HOME/.profile"; do
-        [ -r "$rcfile" ] && { builtin source "$rcfile"; break; }
-      done
-    fi
-  else
-    if [[ $ghostty_bash_inject != *"--norc"* ]]; then
-      # The location of the system bashrc is determined at bash build
-      # time via -DSYS_BASHRC and can therefore vary across distros:
-      #  Arch, Debian, Ubuntu use /etc/bash.bashrc
-      #  Fedora uses /etc/bashrc sourced from ~/.bashrc instead of SYS_BASHRC
-      #  Void Linux uses /etc/bash/bashrc
-      #  Nixos uses /etc/bashrc
-      for rcfile in /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash/bashrc /etc/bashrc; do
-        [ -r "$rcfile" ] && { builtin source "$rcfile"; break; }
-      done
-      if [[ -z "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE" ]]; then GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE="$HOME/.bashrc"; fi
-      [ -r "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE" ] && builtin source "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE"
-    fi
-  fi
+  # Manually source the startup files. See INVOCATION in bash(1) and
+  # run_startup_files() in shell.c in the Bash source code.
+  function __ghostty_bash_startup() {
+    builtin local rcfile
 
+    if builtin shopt -q login_shell; then
+      if [[ $__ghostty_bash_flags != *"--noprofile"* ]]; then
+        [ -r /etc/profile ] && builtin source "/etc/profile"
+        for rcfile in ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login ~/.profile; do
+          [ -r "$rcfile" ] && { builtin source "$rcfile"; break; }
+        done
+      fi
+    else
+      if [[ $__ghostty_bash_flags != *"--norc"* ]]; then
+        # The location of the system bashrc is determined at bash build
+        # time via -DSYS_BASHRC and can therefore vary across distros:
+        #  Arch, Debian, Ubuntu use /etc/bash.bashrc
+        #  Fedora uses /etc/bashrc sourced from ~/.bashrc instead of SYS_BASHRC
+        #  Void Linux uses /etc/bash/bashrc
+        #  Nixos uses /etc/bashrc
+        for rcfile in /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/bash/bashrc /etc/bashrc; do
+          [ -r "$rcfile" ] && { builtin source "$rcfile"; break; }
+        done
+        if [[ -z "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE" ]]; then GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE=~/.bashrc; fi
+        [ -r "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE" ] && builtin source "$GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE"
+      fi
+    fi
+  }
+
+  __ghostty_bash_startup
+
+  builtin unset -f __ghostty_bash_startup
+  builtin unset -v __ghostty_bash_flags
   builtin unset GHOSTTY_BASH_RCFILE
-  builtin unset ghostty_bash_inject rcfile
 fi
 
 # Sudo