diff --git a/qt/src/MainWindow.cpp b/qt/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 3b74fd107..6629c1039 100644
--- a/qt/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -2596,13 +2596,13 @@ bool MainWindow::onAction(ghostty_app_t, ghostty_target_s target,
     }
 
     case GHOSTTY_ACTION_PROGRESS_REPORT: {
-      // Honor `progress-style`: `none` suppresses the taskbar entry.
-      // The default is to drive Unity LauncherEntry; future styles
-      // (e.g. an in-window inline bar) would branch off here.
-      const QString style =
-          win ? win->configString("progress-style") : QStringLiteral("");
-      if (style == QLatin1String("no") || style == QLatin1String("none"))
-        return true;
+      // Honor `progress-style`: when false, OSC 9;4 progress sequences
+      // are silently ignored (no taskbar entry). It is a *bool* in
+      // Config.zig — it MUST be read with configBool. configString
+      // would hand ghostty_config_get a `const char**`; the 1-byte
+      // bool write leaves a `0x1` pointer that QString::fromUtf8 then
+      // dereferences and crashes on (e.g. when Claude emits progress).
+      if (win && !win->configBool("progress-style", true)) return true;
       const ghostty_action_progress_report_s p = action.action.progress_report;
       const ghostty_action_progress_report_state_e state = p.state;
       const double fraction = p.progress >= 0 ? p.progress / 100.0 : 0.0;