diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
index bda6d62bf..0c5b50b53 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
         alert.addButton(withTitle: "Cancel")
         alert.alertStyle = .warning
         alert.beginSheetModal(for: window, completionHandler: { response in
-            self.alert = nil
             switch (response) {
             case .alertFirstButtonReturn:
+                alert.window.orderOut(nil)
                 window.close()
 
             default:
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.TerminalSplit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.TerminalSplit.swift
index cc3bef149..cec178245 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.TerminalSplit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.TerminalSplit.swift
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
             alert.beginSheetModal(for: window, completionHandler: { response in
                 switch (response) {
                 case .alertFirstButtonReturn:
+                    alert.window.orderOut(nil)
                     node = nil
 
                 default: