diff --git a/js/views/inbox_view.js b/js/views/inbox_view.js
index 029709434..2c74a32c6 100644
--- a/js/views/inbox_view.js
+++ b/js/views/inbox_view.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
             'click .showSettings': 'showSettings',
             'select .gutter .conversation-list-item': 'openConversation',
             'input input.search': 'filterContacts',
-            'click .restart-signal': 'reloadBackgroundPage',
+            'click .restart-signal': window.restart,
             'show .lightbox': 'showLightbox',
             'click .migrate': 'confirmMigration'
         },
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index cf501e735..55b64c304 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -212,3 +212,7 @@ ipc.on('draw-attention', function(event, count) {
     }, 1000);
   }
 });
+ipc.on('restart', function(event) {
+  app.relaunch();
+  app.quit();
+});
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index b306230da..063374ce7 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     console.log('show window');
     ipc.send('show-window');
   };
+  window.restart = function() {
+    console.log('restart');
+    ipc.send('restart');
+  };
   /**
   * Enables spell-checking and the right-click context menu in text editors.
   * Electron (`webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider`) only underlines misspelled words;