diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 3084939..c937a30 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import 'globals/systray';
 import 'globals/dropdown.js';
 import 'globals/utilities';
 
+const hyprland = await Service.import('hyprland');
 import { Bar } from 'modules/bar/Bar';
 import MenuWindows from './modules/menus/main.js';
 import SettingsDialog from 'widget/settings/SettingsDialog';
 import Notifications from './modules/notifications/index.js';
-import { forMonitors } from 'lib/utils';
+import { bash, forMonitors } from 'lib/utils';
+import options from 'options.js';
 import OSD from 'modules/osd/index';
 
 App.config({
@@ -21,3 +23,45 @@ App.config({
         bar0: 350,
     },
 });
+
+/**
+ * Function to determine if the current OS is NixOS by parsing /etc/os-release.
+ * @returns True if NixOS, false otherwise.
+ */
+const isNixOS = (): boolean => {
+    try {
+        const osRelease = Utils.exec('cat /etc/os-release').toString();
+        const idMatch = osRelease.match(/^ID\s*=\s*"?([^"\n]+)"?/m);
+
+        if (idMatch && idMatch[1].toLowerCase() === 'nixos') {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error detecting OS:', error);
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Function to generate the appropriate restart command based on the OS.
+ * @returns The modified or original restart command.
+ */
+const getRestartCommand = (): string => {
+    const isNix = isNixOS();
+    const command = options.hyprpanel.restartCommand.value;
+
+    if (isNix) {
+        return command.replace(/\bags\b/g, 'hyprpanel');
+    }
+
+    return command;
+};
+
+hyprland.connect('monitor-added', () => {
+    if (options.hyprpanel.restartAgs.value) {
+        const restartAgsCommand = getRestartCommand();
+        bash(restartAgsCommand);
+    }
+});
diff --git a/options.ts b/options.ts
index 450a118..bd71306 100644
--- a/options.ts
+++ b/options.ts
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ const options = mkOptions(OPTIONS, {
                 occupied: opt(''),
             },
             workspaceIconMap: opt<WorkspaceIcons | WorkspaceIconsColored>({}),
-            workspaces: opt(10),
+            workspaces: opt(5),
             spacing: opt(1),
             monitorSpecific: opt(true),
             hideUnoccupied: opt(true),
@@ -1216,6 +1216,11 @@ const options = mkOptions(OPTIONS, {
         clearDelay: opt(100),
     },
 
+    hyprpanel: {
+        restartAgs: opt(true),
+        restartCommand: opt('ags -q; ags'),
+    },
+
     dummy: opt(true),
 });
 
diff --git a/widget/settings/pages/config/general/index.ts b/widget/settings/pages/config/general/index.ts
index f278e27..d486bca 100644
--- a/widget/settings/pages/config/general/index.ts
+++ b/widget/settings/pages/config/general/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ export const BarGeneral = (): Scrollable<Child, Attribute> => {
                         themeOnly: false,
                     },
                 }),
+                Option({
+                    opt: options.hyprpanel.restartAgs,
+                    title: 'Restart Hyprpanel On Wake Or Monitor Connection',
+                    subtitle:
+                        'WARNING: Disabling this will stop the bar from appearing on monitors after waking \n' +
+                        'from sleep or when a new monitor is connected.',
+                    type: 'boolean',
+                }),
+                Option({
+                    opt: options.hyprpanel.restartCommand,
+                    title: 'Restart Command',
+                    subtitle: 'Command to execute when a restart is initiated.',
+                    type: 'string',
+                }),
                 Option({
                     opt: options.terminal,
                     title: 'Terminal',