diff --git a/src/wmfs.c b/src/wmfs.c
index d2f82ba..da57998 100644
--- a/src/wmfs.c
+++ b/src/wmfs.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ quit(void)
      XSync(dpy, False);
      XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 
+     /* kill status script */
+     if (conf.status_pid != (pid_t)-1)
+         kill(conf.status_pid, SIGQUIT);
+
      return;
 }
 
@@ -271,9 +275,6 @@ uicb_reload(uicb_t cmd)
 {
      quit();
 
-     if (conf.status_pid != (pid_t)-1)
-          kill(conf.status_pid, SIGQUIT);
-
      for(; argv_global[0] && argv_global[0] == ' '; ++argv_global);
 
      execlp(argv_global, argv_global, NULL);