diff --git a/INSTALLATION.md b/INSTALLATION.md
index 8298023..393dee8 100644
--- a/INSTALLATION.md
+++ b/INSTALLATION.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Omarchy Citizen 0.6.0 – Plug-&-Play-Installation
+# Omarchy Citizen 0.6.1 – Plug-&-Play-Installation
 
 ## Ziel
 
@@ -273,3 +273,19 @@ Wenn ein Nutzer ein Problem meldet, kannst du ihn bitten:
 
 Damit brauchst du im ersten Supportkontakt normalerweise keine Terminalbefehle
 vom Nutzer anzufordern.
+
+
+## Hotfix 0.6.1 – Setup-Button
+
+Version 0.6.1 ändert die Ausführung der Panel-Aktionen grundlegend.
+
+Beim Klick auf **EINRICHTEN & STARTKLAR MACHEN** wird die Aktion nun direkt als
+Quickshell-Prozess gestartet. Das Panel zeigt sofort **WIRD GESTARTET**.
+
+Wenn der Start fehlschlägt, bleibt das Panel offen und zeigt den Fehler an.
+Außerdem wird der fehlgeschlagene Terminalstart in
+`~/.local/state/omarchy-citizen/omarchy-citizen.log` protokolliert und landet
+im Support-Paket.
+
+Nach der Installation wird der Omarchy-Shellprozess einmal neu gestartet, damit
+die neue QML-Version sicher aktiv ist.
diff --git a/INSTALLIEREN.sh b/INSTALLIEREN.sh
index 84ef328..404d21e 100644
--- a/INSTALLIEREN.sh
+++ b/INSTALLIEREN.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ omarchy-shell shell rescanPlugins >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 omarchy plugin enable "$PLUGIN_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 omarchy bar move "$PLUGIN_ID" --section right >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
+# QML hot-reload is currently unreliable for third-party bar plugins.
+omarchy restart shell >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 message "Omarchy Citizen" "Installation abgeschlossen.
 
 Oben in der Omarchy-Leiste findest du jetzt ✦SC.
diff --git a/Panel.qml b/Panel.qml
index 72d0a73..d9c1edf 100644
--- a/Panel.qml
+++ b/Panel.qml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Panel {
   property var anchorItem: null
   property var hostWidget: null
 
-  property string pluginVersion: "0.6.0"
+  property string pluginVersion: "0.6.1"
   property string health: "checking"
   property string depsState: "checking"
   property string depsMissing: ""
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Panel {
   property string pluginUpdate: "unavailable"
   property string pluginLocalCommit: ""
   property string pluginRemoteCommit: ""
+  property string actionStatus: ""
+  property string actionError: ""
+  property string actionKind: ""
+  property bool actionCloseOnSuccess: true
 
   readonly property color accent: "#56d2ff"
   readonly property color accentSoft: "#1c3444"
@@ -60,11 +64,15 @@ Panel {
   }
 
   function runAction(action, closePanel) {
-    if (!root.bar) return
-    root.bar.run(
-      "bash " + root.bar.shellQuote(root.controlScript) + " " + root.bar.shellQuote(action)
-    )
-    if (closePanel !== false) root.close()
+    if (actionProc.running) return
+
+    root.actionKind = String(action || "")
+    root.actionCloseOnSuccess = closePanel !== false
+    root.actionError = ""
+    root.actionStatus = "Aktion wird gestartet…"
+
+    actionProc.command = ["bash", root.controlScript, root.actionKind]
+    actionProc.running = true
   }
 
   function refreshStatus() {
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ Panel {
       values[lines[i].slice(0, p)] = lines[i].slice(p + 1)
     }
 
-    pluginVersion = values.plugin_version || "0.5.0"
+    pluginVersion = values.plugin_version || "0.6.1"
     health = values.health || "setup"
     depsState = values.deps || "missing"
     depsMissing = values.deps_missing || ""
@@ -188,6 +196,52 @@ Panel {
     }
   }
 
+  Process {
+    id: actionProc
+    running: false
+    command: []
+
+    stdout: StdioCollector {
+      id: actionOut
+      waitForEnd: true
+    }
+
+    stderr: StdioCollector {
+      id: actionErr
+      waitForEnd: true
+    }
+
+    onStarted: {
+      root.actionStatus = root.actionKind === "primary"
+        ? "Setup/Start wird vorbereitet…"
+        : "Aktion wird ausgeführt…"
+    }
+
+    onExited: function(exitCode) {
+      if (exitCode === 0) {
+        root.actionError = ""
+        root.actionStatus = "Gestartet."
+        root.refreshStatus()
+
+        if (root.actionCloseOnSuccess)
+          closeAfterAction.restart()
+      } else {
+        var detail = String(actionErr.text || "").trim()
+        root.actionStatus = ""
+        root.actionError = detail !== ""
+          ? detail
+          : "Die Aktion konnte nicht gestartet werden. Bitte erstelle ein Support-Paket."
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  Timer {
+    id: closeAfterAction
+    interval: 350
+    repeat: false
+    onTriggered: root.close()
+  }
+
   Timer {
     interval: 10000
     repeat: true
@@ -286,13 +340,48 @@ Panel {
 
             Button {
               width: parent.width
-              text: root.primaryText()
+              text: actionProc.running
+                ? "…  WIRD GESTARTET"
+                : root.primaryText()
               foreground: root.barForeground
               fontFamily: root.bar ? root.bar.fontFamily : Style.font.family
               bordered: true
-              active: root.health === "ready"
+              active: root.health === "ready" || actionProc.running
               onClicked: root.runAction(root.health === "repair" ? "repair" : "primary")
             }
+
+            Text {
+              visible: root.actionStatus !== ""
+              width: parent.width
+              text: root.actionStatus
+              color: root.accent
+              font.family: root.bar ? root.bar.fontFamily : Style.font.family
+              font.pixelSize: Style.font.caption
+              wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
+            }
+
+            Rectangle {
+              visible: root.actionError !== ""
+              width: parent.width
+              radius: 10
+              color: Qt.rgba(root.danger.r, root.danger.g, root.danger.b, 0.10)
+              border.color: root.danger
+              border.width: 1
+              implicitHeight: actionErrorText.implicitHeight + Style.space(16)
+
+              Text {
+                id: actionErrorText
+                anchors.left: parent.left
+                anchors.right: parent.right
+                anchors.top: parent.top
+                anchors.margins: Style.space(8)
+                text: root.actionError
+                color: root.danger
+                font.family: root.bar ? root.bar.fontFamily : Style.font.family
+                font.pixelSize: Style.font.caption
+                wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 201a09c..a566be7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Omarchy Citizen 0.6.0
+# Omarchy Citizen 0.6.1
 
 A plug-and-play Star Citizen control panel for Omarchy.
 
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ hours. The Git `origin` present when auto-update is enabled is pinned as the tru
 remote; unattended updates stop if that remote changes or the checkout is dirty.
 
 See [`backend/README.md`](backend/README.md) and [`GIT_DISTRIBUTION.md`](GIT_DISTRIBUTION.md).
+
+
+## 0.6.1 hotfix
+
+- primary/setup actions now run through a Quickshell `Process` instead of fire-and-forget `bar.run`
+- the panel shows `WIRD GESTARTET` immediately after a click
+- startup failures stay visible in the panel instead of silently closing it
+- terminal launch has a monitored fallback path and logs immediate launcher failures
+- installers restart the Omarchy shell after QML changes to avoid stale third-party plugin QML
diff --git a/backend/bin/omarchy-citizen-backend b/backend/bin/omarchy-citizen-backend
index f79e1c5..acbc6f5 100644
Binary files a/backend/bin/omarchy-citizen-backend and b/backend/bin/omarchy-citizen-backend differ
diff --git a/backend/cmd/omarchy-citizen-backend/main.go b/backend/cmd/omarchy-citizen-backend/main.go
index f8c9b8b..4fc5483 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/omarchy-citizen-backend/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/omarchy-citizen-backend/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	appVersion = "0.6.0"
+	appVersion = "0.6.1"
 	pluginID   = "local.omarchy-citizen"
 )
 
@@ -318,6 +318,12 @@ func (a *App) update(automatic bool) error {
 		a.logf("backend self-sync warning: %v", err)
 	}
 	_ = run("", "omarchy-shell", "shell", "rescanPlugins")
+	if !automatic {
+		// Current Omarchy releases can keep stale third-party bar QML after a rescan.
+		// A user-triggered update may safely request a full shell restart so the
+		// freshly validated plugin code becomes active immediately.
+		_ = run("", "omarchy", "restart", "shell")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/citizenctl b/citizenctl
index f60217d..3a91080 100644
--- a/citizenctl
+++ b/citizenctl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -u
 
 PLUGIN_ID="local.omarchy-citizen"
-PLUGIN_VERSION="0.6.0"
+PLUGIN_VERSION="0.6.1"
 
 CONFIG_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/starcitizen-lug"
 DATA_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
@@ -381,24 +381,65 @@ status() {
   printf 'plugin_remote_commit=%s\n' "$(printf '%s\n' "$backend_output" | sed -n 's/^remote_commit=//p' | head -n1)"
 }
 
+probe_detached_start() {
+  local label="$1"
+  shift
+
+  "$@" >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
+  local pid=$!
+
+  # Give immediate launcher errors a chance to surface. A successful terminal
+  # launcher may either stay alive or exit 0 after handing the terminal off.
+  sleep 0.35
+
+  if ! kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+    local rc=0
+    wait "$pid" || rc=$?
+    if (( rc != 0 )); then
+      log_line "$label failed rc=$rc"
+      return "$rc"
+    fi
+  else
+    disown "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+
+  log_line "$label accepted"
+  return 0
+}
+
 launch_terminal_action() {
   local action="$1"
+  local cmd
 
-  log_line "launch-terminal action=$action"
+  printf -v cmd 'bash %q %q' "$SELF" "$action"
+  log_line "launch-terminal action=$action cmd=$cmd"
 
   if command -v omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    nohup omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation bash "$SELF" "$action" \
-      >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
-    return 0
+    if probe_detached_start "omarchy-floating-terminal" \
+      omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation bash "$SELF" "$action"; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+    log_line "primary floating terminal launcher failed; trying direct terminal fallback"
   fi
 
-  if command -v xdg-terminal-exec >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    nohup xdg-terminal-exec -e bash "$SELF" "$action" \
-      >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1 &
-    return 0
+  if command -v uwsm-app >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v xdg-terminal-exec >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if probe_detached_start "direct-omarchy-terminal" \
+      setsid uwsm-app -- xdg-terminal-exec \
+        --app-id=org.omarchy.terminal \
+        --title="Omarchy Citizen" \
+        -e bash -c "$cmd"; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+  elif command -v xdg-terminal-exec >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if probe_detached_start "xdg-terminal" \
+      xdg-terminal-exec -e bash "$SELF" "$action"; then
+      return 0
+    fi
   fi
 
-  notify_error "Es konnte kein Omarchy-Terminal für die Paketinstallation gestartet werden."
+  notify_error "Das Setup-Terminal konnte nicht geöffnet werden.
+
+Bitte erstelle im SC-Panel ein Support-Paket. Darin ist jetzt auch der fehlgeschlagene Startversuch protokolliert."
   return 1
 }
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9b5d228..af5e27b 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ echo "Aktiviere Plugin..."
 
 omarchy plugin enable "$PLUGIN_ID"
 
+# QML hot-reload is currently unreliable for third-party bar plugins.
+omarchy restart shell >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 echo
-echo "Omarchy Citizen 0.6.0 wurde installiert:"
+echo "Omarchy Citizen 0.6.1 wurde installiert:"
 echo "  $DEST"
 echo
 echo "Links-Klick auf 'SC' in der Omarchy-Leiste öffnet das Star-Citizen-Panel."
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index d5a54bf..54576d3 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "local.omarchy-citizen",
   "name": "Omarchy Citizen",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.6.1",
   "author": "Community prototype",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "description": "Plug-and-play Star Citizen controls for Omarchy with guided repair, support bundles and a Go-based automatic plugin update backend.",
+  "description": "Plug-and-play Star Citizen controls for Omarchy with reliable in-panel action execution, guided setup/repair, debug support bundles, update backend and optional NGL.",
   "kinds": [
     "bar-widget"
   ],