diff --git a/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs b/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
index 9e39d45..a16478d 100644
--- a/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Bloxstrap/App.xaml.cs
@@ -228,24 +228,21 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
 
             if (IsMenuLaunch)
             {
-                Mutex mutex;
+                Process? menuProcess = Process.GetProcesses().Where(x => x.MainWindowTitle == $"{ProjectName} Menu").FirstOrDefault();
 
-                try
+                if (menuProcess is not null)
                 {
-                    mutex = Mutex.OpenExisting("Bloxstrap_MenuMutex");
-                    Logger.WriteLine("[App::OnStartup] Bloxstrap_MenuMutex mutex exists, aborting menu launch...");
-                    Terminate();
+                    IntPtr handle = menuProcess.MainWindowHandle;
+                    Logger.WriteLine($"[App::OnStartup] Found an already existing menu window with handle {handle}");
+                    NativeMethods.SetForegroundWindow(handle);
                 }
-                catch
+                else
                 {
-                    // no mutex exists, continue to opening preferences menu
-                    mutex = new(true, "Bloxstrap_MenuMutex");
+                    if (Process.GetProcessesByName(ProjectName).Length > 1)
+                        ShowMessageBox($"{ProjectName} is currently running, likely as a background Roblox process. Please note that not all your changes will immediately apply until you close all currently open Roblox instances.", MessageBoxImage.Information);
+
+                    new MainWindow().ShowDialog();
                 }
-
-                if (Utilities.GetProcessCount(ProjectName) > 1)
-                    ShowMessageBox($"{ProjectName} is currently running, likely as a background Roblox process. Please note that not all your changes will immediately apply until you close all currently open Roblox instances.", MessageBoxImage.Information);
-
-                new MainWindow().ShowDialog();
             }
             else if (LaunchArgs.Length > 0)
             {
diff --git a/Bloxstrap/NativeMethods.cs b/Bloxstrap/NativeMethods.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cf6981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bloxstrap/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Bloxstrap
+{
+    static class NativeMethods
+    {
+        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
+        public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
+    }
+}