diff --git a/hyprpm/hyprpm.usage b/hyprpm/hyprpm.usage
index 24e631c5..c38bdd62 100644
--- a/hyprpm/hyprpm.usage
+++ b/hyprpm/hyprpm.usage
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ hyprpm [<FLAGS>]... <ARGUMENT>
         |   (list)                      "List all installed plugins"
         |   (enable <PLUGINS>)          "Load a plugin"
         |   (disable <PLUGINS>)         "Unload a plugin"
-        |   (reload)                    "Reload all plugins"
+        |   (reload)                    "Reload plugins to match the enabled/disabled state. Use -f to force reload."
         ;
 
 <PLUGINS> ::= {{{ hyprpm list | awk '/Plugin/{print $4}' }}};
diff --git a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
index a3bd5a09..80d0a402 100644
--- a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ bool CPluginManager::disablePlugin(const std::string& name) {
     return ret;
 }
 
-ePluginLoadStateReturn CPluginManager::ensurePluginsLoadState() {
+ePluginLoadStateReturn CPluginManager::ensurePluginsLoadState(bool forceReload) {
     if (headersValid() != HEADERS_OK) {
         std::println(stderr, "\n{}", failureString("headers are not up-to-date, please run hyprpm update."));
         return LOADSTATE_HEADERS_OUTDATED;
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ ePluginLoadStateReturn CPluginManager::ensurePluginsLoadState() {
     // (and Hyprland needs to restart)
     bool hyprlandVersionMismatch = false;
 
-    // unload disabled plugins
+    // unload disabled plugins (or all if forceReload is true)
     for (auto const& p : loadedPlugins) {
-        if (!enabled(p)) {
+        if (forceReload || !enabled(p)) {
             // unload
             if (!loadUnloadPlugin(HYPRPMPATH / repoForName(p) / (p + ".so"), false)) {
                 std::println("{}", infoString("{} will be unloaded after restarting Hyprland", p));
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ ePluginLoadStateReturn CPluginManager::ensurePluginsLoadState() {
             if (!p.enabled)
                 continue;
 
-            if (std::find_if(loadedPlugins.begin(), loadedPlugins.end(), [&](const auto& other) { return other == p.name; }) != loadedPlugins.end())
+            if (!forceReload && std::find_if(loadedPlugins.begin(), loadedPlugins.end(), [&](const auto& other) { return other == p.name; }) != loadedPlugins.end())
                 continue;
 
             if (!loadUnloadPlugin(HYPRPMPATH / repoForName(p.name) / p.filename, true)) {
diff --git a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.hpp b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.hpp
index 7502cc04..a99d8e6e 100644
--- a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.hpp
+++ b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CPluginManager {
 
     bool                   enablePlugin(const std::string& name);
     bool                   disablePlugin(const std::string& name);
-    ePluginLoadStateReturn ensurePluginsLoadState();
+    ePluginLoadStateReturn ensurePluginsLoadState(bool forceReload = false);
 
     bool                   loadUnloadPlugin(const std::string& path, bool load);
     SHyprlandVersion       getHyprlandVersion(bool running = true);
diff --git a/hyprpm/src/main.cpp b/hyprpm/src/main.cpp
index 103132f9..887bb436 100644
--- a/hyprpm/src/main.cpp
+++ b/hyprpm/src/main.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int                        main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
         if (ret != LOADSTATE_OK)
             return 1;
     } else if (command[0] == "reload") {
-        auto ret = g_pPluginManager->ensurePluginsLoadState();
+        auto ret = g_pPluginManager->ensurePluginsLoadState(force);
 
         if (ret != LOADSTATE_OK && notify) {
             switch (ret) {