diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index d54b49642..c00025bf5 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -957,18 +957,10 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
 
     @IBAction func newWindow(_ sender: Any?) {
         _ = TerminalController.newWindow(ghostty)
-
-        // We also activate our app so that it becomes front. This may be
-        // necessary for the dock menu.
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
     }
 
     @IBAction func newTab(_ sender: Any?) {
         _ = TerminalController.newTab(ghostty)
-
-        // We also activate our app so that it becomes front. This may be
-        // necessary for the dock menu.
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
     }
 
     @IBAction func closeAllWindows(_ sender: Any?) {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
index 7a11ac3ae..ec56fb934 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController, TabGroupCloseCoordinator.Contr
             }
         }
 
-        // All new_window actions force our app to be active, so that the new
-        // window is focused and visible.
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
-
         // We're dispatching this async because otherwise the lastCascadePoint doesn't
         // take effect. Our best theory is there is some next-event-loop-tick logic
         // that Cocoa is doing that we need to be after.
@@ -230,6 +226,10 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController, TabGroupCloseCoordinator.Contr
             }
 
             c.showWindow(self)
+
+            // All new_window actions force our app to be active, so that the new
+            // window is focused and visible.
+            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
         }
 
         // Setup our undo
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ class TerminalController: BaseTerminalController, TabGroupCloseCoordinator.Contr
 
             controller.showWindow(self)
             window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(self)
+
+            // We also activate our app so that it becomes front. This may be
+            // necessary for the dock menu.
+            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
         }
 
         // It takes an event loop cycle until the macOS tabGroup state becomes