diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 226cd366..9213a3c7 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -200,14 +200,10 @@ app.on('ready', () =>
         Menu.setApplicationMenu(AppMenu.buildMenu(menu));
       };
 
-      const load = () => {
-        plugins.onApp(app);
-        plugins.checkDeprecatedExtendKeymaps();
-        makeMenu();
-      };
-
-      load();
-      plugins.subscribe(load);
+      plugins.onApp(app);
+      makeMenu();
+      plugins.subscribe(plugins.onApp.bind(undefined, app));
+      config.subscribe(makeMenu);
     })
     .catch(err => {
       //eslint-disable-next-line no-console
diff --git a/app/plugins.js b/app/plugins.js
index 01678c4e..b98e2f82 100644
--- a/app/plugins.js
+++ b/app/plugins.js
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ config.subscribe(() => {
   }
 });
 
+function checkDeprecatedExtendKeymaps() {
+  modules.forEach(plugin => {
+    if (plugin.extendKeymaps) {
+      notify('Plugin warning!', `"${plugin._name}" use deprecated "extendKeymaps" handler`);
+      return;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 let updating = false;
 
 function updatePlugins({force = false} = {}) {
@@ -84,6 +93,7 @@ function updatePlugins({force = false} = {}) {
         } else {
           notify('Plugins Updated', 'No changes!');
         }
+        checkDeprecatedExtendKeymaps();
         watchers.forEach(fn => fn(err, {force}));
       }
     }
@@ -347,15 +357,6 @@ exports.getDecoratedConfig = () => {
   return translatedConfig;
 };
 
-exports.checkDeprecatedExtendKeymaps = () => {
-  modules.forEach(plugin => {
-    if (plugin.extendKeymaps) {
-      notify('Plugin warning!', `"${plugin._name}" use deprecated "extendKeymaps" handler`);
-      return;
-    }
-  });
-};
-
 exports.getDecoratedKeymaps = () => {
   const baseKeymaps = config.getKeymaps();
   // Ensure that all keys are in an array and don't use deprecated key combination`
diff --git a/app/ui/contextmenu.js b/app/ui/contextmenu.js
index 2291476e..a854ba39 100644
--- a/app/ui/contextmenu.js
+++ b/app/ui/contextmenu.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ const {execCommand} = require('../commands');
 const {getDecoratedKeymaps} = require('../plugins');
 const separator = {type: 'separator'};
 
-const allCommandKeys = getDecoratedKeymaps();
-const commandKeys = Object.keys(allCommandKeys).reduce((result, command) => {
-  result[command] = allCommandKeys[command][0];
-  return result;
-}, {});
+const getCommandKeys = keymaps =>
+  Object.keys(keymaps).reduce((commandKeys, command) => {
+    return Object.assign(commandKeys, {
+      [command]: keymaps[command][0]
+    });
+  }, {});
 
 // only display cut/copy when there's a cursor selection
 const filterCutCopy = (selection, menuItem) => {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const filterCutCopy = (selection, menuItem) => {
 };
 
 module.exports = (createWindow, selection) => {
+  const commandKeys = getCommandKeys(getDecoratedKeymaps());
   const _shell = shellMenu(commandKeys, execCommand).submenu;
   const _edit = editMenu(commandKeys, execCommand).submenu.filter(filterCutCopy.bind(null, selection));
   return _edit.concat(separator, _shell).filter(menuItem => !menuItem.hasOwnProperty('enabled') || menuItem.enabled);
diff --git a/lib/actions/config.js b/lib/actions/config.js
index 61c8b772..260b3e4b 100644
--- a/lib/actions/config.js
+++ b/lib/actions/config.js
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ export function loadConfig(config) {
 }
 
 export function reloadConfig(config) {
+  const now = Date.now();
   return {
     type: CONFIG_RELOAD,
-    config
+    config,
+    now
   };
 }
diff --git a/lib/containers/hyper.js b/lib/containers/hyper.js
index 142aa837..2b347c43 100644
--- a/lib/containers/hyper.js
+++ b/lib/containers/hyper.js
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Hyper extends PureComponent {
     this.handleFocusActive = this.handleFocusActive.bind(this);
     this.onTermsRef = this.onTermsRef.bind(this);
     this.mousetrap = null;
+    this.state = {
+      lastConfigUpdate: 0
+    };
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(next) {
@@ -28,6 +31,11 @@ class Hyper extends PureComponent {
       // starts working again
       document.body.style.backgroundColor = next.backgroundColor;
     }
+    const {lastConfigUpdate} = next;
+    if (lastConfigUpdate && lastConfigUpdate !== this.state.lastConfigUpdate) {
+      this.setState({lastConfigUpdate});
+      this.attachKeyListeners();
+    }
   }
 
   handleFocusActive() {
@@ -132,7 +140,8 @@ const HyperContainer = connect(
       borderColor: state.ui.borderColor,
       activeSession: state.sessions.activeUid,
       backgroundColor: state.ui.backgroundColor,
-      maximized: state.ui.maximized
+      maximized: state.ui.maximized,
+      lastConfigUpdate: state.ui._lastUpdate
     };
   },
   dispatch => {
diff --git a/lib/reducers/ui.js b/lib/reducers/ui.js
index 9f0dd17d..09f24ef7 100644
--- a/lib/reducers/ui.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/ui.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
     case CONFIG_LOAD:
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-case-declarations, no-fallthrough
     case CONFIG_RELOAD:
-      const {config} = action;
+      const {config, now} = action;
       state_ = state
         // unset the user font size override if the
         // font size changed from the config
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ const reducer = (state = initial, action) => {
               ret.quickEdit = config.quickEdit;
             }
 
+            ret._lastUpdate = now;
+
             return ret;
           })()
         );