diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ed26beb1..37296eff0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -361,14 +361,14 @@ You can control xbar behaviour by modifying the `/Library/Application Support/xb
 {
 	"autoupdate": true,
 	"terminal": {
-		"appleScriptTemplate2": ""
+		"appleScriptTemplate3": ""
 	}
 }
 ```
 
 * Changes take effect next time xbar starts
 * `autoupdate` - (boolean) whether to keep xbar automatically updated or not
-* `terminal.appleScriptTemplate2` - (string) the AppleScript to use when **Run in terminal** option is used (use `"false"` to turn this feature off)
+* `terminal.appleScriptTemplate3` - (string) the AppleScript to use when **Run in terminal** option is used (use `"false"` to turn this feature off)
 
 You can delete this file and restart xbar to reset to defaults.
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index fe3619560..6ddfb20cb 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ func (app *app) RefreshAll() {
 	}
 	for _, plugin := range app.plugins {
 		// Setup plugin
+		plugin.AppleScriptTemplate = app.settings.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate3
 		plugin.OnCycle = app.onCycle
 		plugin.OnRefresh = app.onRefresh
 		if app.Verbose {
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ func (app *app) newXbarMenu(plugin *plugins.Plugin, asSubmenu bool) *menu.Menu {
 	})
 	if plugin != nil {
 		items = append(items, menu.Text("Run in terminal…", keys.CmdOrCtrl("t"), func(_ *menu.CallbackData) {
-			err := plugin.RunInTerminal(app.settings.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate2)
+			err := plugin.RunInTerminal(app.settings.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate3)
 			if err != nil {
 				_, err2 := app.runtime.Dialog.Message(&dialog.MessageDialog{
 					Type:         dialog.ErrorDialog,
diff --git a/app/settings.go b/app/settings.go
index 4dc4fdd08..b7dd95fd5 100644
--- a/app/settings.go
+++ b/app/settings.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
@@ -20,24 +21,30 @@ type settings struct {
 	AutoUpdate bool `json:"autoupdate"`
 
 	Terminal struct {
-		AppleScriptTemplate2 string `json:"appleScriptTemplate2"`
+		AppleScriptTemplate3 string `json:"appleScriptTemplate3"`
 	} `json:"terminal"`
 }
 
 func (s *settings) setDefaults() {
-	if s.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate2 == "" {
-		s.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate2 = `
-			activate application "Terminal"
-			tell application "Terminal" 
-				if not (exists window 1) then reopen
-				set quotedScriptName to quoted form of "{{ .Command }}"
-				{{ if .Params }}
-					set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName & " " & {{ .Params }}
-				{{ else }}
-					set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName
-				{{ end }}
-				do script commandLine
-			end tell
+	if s.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate3 == "" {
+		s.Terminal.AppleScriptTemplate3 = `
+			set quotedScriptName to quoted form of "{{ .Command }}"
+		{{ if .Params }}
+			set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName & " " & {{ .Params }}
+		{{ else }}
+			set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName
+		{{ end }}
+			if application "Terminal" is running then 
+				tell application "Terminal"
+					do script commandLine
+					activate
+				end tell
+			else
+				tell application "Terminal"
+					do script commandLine in window 1
+					activate
+				end tell
+			end if
 		`
 	}
 }
@@ -60,6 +67,7 @@ func loadSettings(path string) (*settings, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Unmarshal")
 	}
 	s.setDefaults()
+	log.Printf("### - settings: %+v\n", s)
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/action.go b/pkg/plugins/action.go
index 314afdc11..c2c831867 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/action.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/action.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (i *Item) Action() ActionFunc {
 		actions = append(actions, actionHref(debugf, i.Params.Href))
 	}
 	if i.Params.Shell != "" {
-		actions = append(actions, actionShell(debugf, i, i.Params.Shell, i.Params.ShellParams, i.Plugin.Variables))
+		actions = append(actions, actionShell(debugf, i, i.Plugin.AppleScriptTemplate, i.Params.Shell, i.Params.ShellParams, i.Plugin.Variables))
 	}
 	if i.Params.Refresh {
 		shouldDelayBeforeRefresh := false
@@ -115,24 +115,15 @@ func actionHref(debugf DebugFunc, href string) ActionFunc {
 }
 
 // actionShell gets an ActionFunc that runs a shell command.
-func actionShell(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, command string, params, envVars []string) ActionFunc {
+func actionShell(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, appleScriptTemplate, command string, params, envVars []string) ActionFunc {
 	if item.Params.Terminal {
-		return actionShellTerminal(debugf, item, command, params, envVars)
+		return actionShellTerminal(debugf, item, appleScriptTemplate, command, params, envVars)
 	}
 	return func(ctx context.Context) {
 		var commandExec string
 		var commandArgs []string
-		// if item.Params.Terminal {
-		// 	shell := os.Getenv("SHELL")
-		// 	if shell == "" {
-		// 		shell = "/bin/bash"
-		// 	}
-		// 	commandExec = shell
-		// 	commandArgs = append([]string{command}, params...)
-		// } else {
 		commandExec = command
 		commandArgs = params
-		//}
 		debugf("exec: %s %s", commandExec, strings.Join(commandArgs, " "))
 		cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), commandExec, commandArgs...)
 		cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
@@ -156,22 +147,9 @@ func actionShell(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, command string, params, envVars [
 }
 
 // actionShellTerminal runs shell commands where terminal=true.
-func actionShellTerminal(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, command string, params, envVars []string) ActionFunc {
+func actionShellTerminal(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, appleScriptTemplate, command string, params, envVars []string) ActionFunc {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) {
 		debugf("exec: RunInTerminal...")
-		script := `
-			activate application "Terminal"
-			tell application "Terminal" 
-				if not (exists window 1) then reopen
-				set quotedScriptName to quoted form of "{{ .Command }}"
-				{{ if .Params }}
-					set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName & " " & {{ .Params }}
-				{{ else }}
-					set commandLine to {{ .Vars }} & " " & quotedScriptName
-				{{ end }}
-				do script commandLine
-			end tell
-		`
 		command := strconv.Quote(command)
 		command = command[1 : len(command)-1] // trim quotes off
 		for i := range params {
@@ -179,7 +157,7 @@ func actionShellTerminal(debugf DebugFunc, item *Item, command string, params, e
 			params[i] = params[i][1 : len(params[i])-1] // trim quotes off
 		}
 		paramsStr := strconv.Quote(strings.Join(params, " "))
-		err := item.Plugin.runInTerminal(script, command, paramsStr, envVars)
+		err := item.Plugin.runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate, command, paramsStr, envVars)
 		if err != nil {
 			debugf("exec: RunInTerminal: err=%s", err)
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/item_params.go b/pkg/plugins/item_params.go
index 6d25d2ec2..c46304e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/item_params.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/item_params.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/leaanthony/go-ansi-parser"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -76,6 +75,9 @@ type ItemParams struct {
 	// Terminal indicates whether to run the shell command in a terminal or not.
 	// Default is false.
 	Terminal bool `json:"terminal"`
+	// // appleScriptTemplate3 is the template for the AppleScript
+	// // to run this action in a terminal.
+	// AppleScriptTemplate string `json:"-"`
 	// Refresh indicates whether clicking this item will cause the plugin
 	// to refresh or not.
 	Refresh bool `json:"refresh"`
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
index 8e3d1d229..9104cd27f 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugin.go
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ type Plugin struct {
 	// Called in TriggerRefresh() when updating the plugin menu to the
 	// refreshing state, before refreshSignal is triggered.
 	cycleSignal chan (struct{})
+
+	// appleScriptTemplate3 is the template for the AppleScript
+	// to run this action in a terminal.
+	AppleScriptTemplate string
 }
 
 // CleanFilename gets a clean human readable representation of the
@@ -279,8 +283,8 @@ func (p *Plugin) CurrentCycleItem() *Item {
 	return p.Items.CycleItems[p.CycleIndex]
 }
 
-func (p *Plugin) runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate2, command, paramsStr string, vars []string) error {
-	tpl, err := template.New("appleScriptTemplate2").Parse(appleScriptTemplate2)
+func (p *Plugin) runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate3, command, paramsStr string, vars []string) error {
+	tpl, err := template.New("appleScriptTemplate3").Parse(appleScriptTemplate3)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -315,8 +319,8 @@ func (p *Plugin) runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate2, command, paramsStr string,
 
 // RunInTerminal runs this plugin in a terminal using the template
 // apple script.
-func (p *Plugin) RunInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate2 string) error {
-	return p.runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate2, p.Command, "", p.Variables)
+func (p *Plugin) RunInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate3 string) error {
+	return p.runInTerminal(appleScriptTemplate3, p.Command, "", p.Variables)
 }
 
 // refresh runs the plugin and parses the output, updating the