diff --git a/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont.c b/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont.c
index b7c2d0a5a..68aadea2c 100644
--- a/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont.c
+++ b/src/detection/terminalfont/terminalfont.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void detectAlacritty(FFTerminalFontResult* terminalFont) {
     ffFontInitMoveValues(&terminalFont->font, &fontFamily, &fontSize, &fontStyle);
 }
 
-static void parseGhosttyConfig(const FFstrbuf* path, FFstrbuf* fontName, FFstrbuf* fontNameFallback, FFstrbuf* fontSize, FFlist* configFiles /* list of FFstrbuf */) {
+static void parseGhosttyConfig(FFstrbuf* path, FFstrbuf* fontName, FFstrbuf* fontNameFallback, FFstrbuf* fontSize, FFlist* configFiles /* list of FFstrbuf */) {
     // Maximum number of `config-file` directives to follow, guarding against runaway includes
     enum { FF_GHOSTTY_MAX_CONFIG_FILES = 16 };
 
@@ -79,7 +79,18 @@ static void parseGhosttyConfig(const FFstrbuf* path, FFstrbuf* fontName, FFstrbu
     FF_STRBUF_AUTO_DESTROY temp = ffStrbufCreate();
     if (!ffAppendFileBuffer(path->chars, &buffer)) {
         FF_DEBUG("cannot read config: %s", path->chars);
-        return;
+        if (ffStrbufEndsWithS(path, ".ghostty")) {
+            FF_DEBUG("Trying to load config without .ghostty extension");
+            path->chars[path->length - strlen(".ghostty")] = '\0';
+            bool ok = ffAppendFileBuffer(path->chars, &buffer);
+            path->chars[path->length - strlen(".ghostty")] = '.';
+            if (!ok) {
+                FF_DEBUG("cannot read config: %s", path->chars);
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     char* line = nullptr;
@@ -394,7 +405,7 @@ static bool detectTerminalFontCommon(const FFTerminalResult* terminal, FFTermina
     } else if (ffStrbufStartsWithIgnCaseS(&terminal->processName, "contour")) {
         detectContour(&terminal->exe, terminalFont);
     } else if (ffStrbufStartsWithIgnCaseS(&terminal->processName, "ghostty")) {
-        detectGhostty(terminalFont, "com.mitchellh.ghostty/config", "ghostty/config");
+        detectGhostty(terminalFont, "com.mitchellh.ghostty/config.ghostty", "ghostty/config.ghostty");
     } else if (ffStrbufStartsWithIgnCaseS(&terminal->processName, "Muxy")) {
         detectGhostty(terminalFont, "Muxy/ghostty.conf", "muxy/ghostty.conf");
     } else if (ffStrbufStartsWithIgnCaseS(&terminal->processName, "rio")) {