diff --git a/dots/bin/nwgp.sh b/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
index 5c685fb..1d7c013 100755
--- a/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/nwgp.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ backupDeploy() {
         pkill nwg-panel > /dev/null 2>&1
         nwg-panel > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 
+    elif [[ "${operation}" == "restart" ]]; then
+
+        echo "restarting nwg-panel..."
+
+        pkill nwg-panel > /dev/null 2>&1
+        nwg-panel > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
     else
 
         echo "error: unknown operation '${operation}'"