diff --git a/src/main/ghostty/index.test.ts b/src/main/ghostty/index.test.ts
index 37d059c91..08902b537 100644
--- a/src/main/ghostty/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ghostty/index.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,84 @@ background = #1a1a1a
     expect(result.unsupportedKeys).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it('keeps successfully imported settings when a later config cannot be read', async () => {
+    delete process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+    const firstPath = '/Users/alice/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty'
+    const unreadablePath = '/Users/alice/.config/ghostty/config'
+    statMock.mockImplementation(async (p: string) => {
+      if (p === firstPath || p === unreadablePath) {
+        return { isFile: () => true, size: 128 }
+      }
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' })
+    })
+    readFileMock.mockImplementation(async (p: string) => {
+      if (p === firstPath) {
+        return 'font-size = 22\n'
+      }
+      throw new Error('EACCES')
+    })
+
+    const result = await previewGhosttyImport(createStore())
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      found: true,
+      configPath: firstPath,
+      configPaths: [firstPath],
+      diff: { terminalFontSize: 22 }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('keeps successfully imported settings when a later config is too large', async () => {
+    delete process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+    const firstPath = '/Users/alice/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty'
+    const oversizedPath = '/Users/alice/.config/ghostty/config'
+    statMock.mockImplementation(async (p: string) => {
+      if (p === firstPath) {
+        return { isFile: () => true, size: 128 }
+      }
+      if (p === oversizedPath) {
+        return { isFile: () => true, size: 1_000_001 }
+      }
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' })
+    })
+    readFileMock.mockResolvedValue('font-size = 22\n')
+
+    const result = await previewGhosttyImport(createStore())
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      found: true,
+      configPath: firstPath,
+      configPaths: [firstPath],
+      diff: { terminalFontSize: 22 }
+    })
+    expect(readFileMock).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(oversizedPath, 'utf-8')
+  })
+
+  it('returns the first error when every discovered config fails to load', async () => {
+    delete process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+    const configPath = '/Users/alice/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty'
+    let configPathStatCalls = 0
+    statMock.mockImplementation(async (p: string) => {
+      if (p === configPath) {
+        configPathStatCalls += 1
+        if (configPathStatCalls === 1) {
+          return { isFile: () => true, size: 128 }
+        }
+        throw new Error('EACCES')
+      }
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('ENOENT'), { code: 'ENOENT' })
+    })
+
+    const result = await previewGhosttyImport(createStore())
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      found: false,
+      diff: {},
+      unsupportedKeys: [],
+      error: 'Could not read config: EACCES'
+    })
+  })
+
   it('omits values that match current settings', async () => {
     statMock.mockImplementation(async (p: string) => {
       if (p === '/Users/alice/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config') {
diff --git a/src/main/ghostty/index.ts b/src/main/ghostty/index.ts
index 8557193fe..4827a2974 100644
--- a/src/main/ghostty/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/ghostty/index.ts
@@ -107,29 +107,37 @@ export async function previewGhosttyImport(store: Store): Promise<GhosttyImportP
   }
 
   const parsed: Record<string, string | string[]> = {}
+  const readPaths: string[] = []
+  let firstError: string | null = null
   for (const configPath of configPaths) {
     let content: string
     try {
       const info = await stat(configPath)
       if (info.size > MAX_CONFIG_BYTES) {
-        return {
-          found: false,
-          diff: {},
-          unsupportedKeys: [],
-          error: `Config file is too large to import (${info.size} bytes, limit ${MAX_CONFIG_BYTES}).`
+        if (firstError === null) {
+          firstError = `Config file is too large to import (${info.size} bytes, limit ${MAX_CONFIG_BYTES}).`
         }
+        continue
       }
       content = await readFile(configPath, 'utf-8')
     } catch (err) {
       const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Could not read config file'
-      return {
-        found: false,
-        diff: {},
-        unsupportedKeys: [],
-        error: `Could not read config: ${message}`
+      if (firstError === null) {
+        firstError = `Could not read config: ${message}`
       }
+      continue
     }
     mergeParsedConfig(parsed, parseGhosttyConfig(content))
+    readPaths.push(configPath)
+  }
+
+  if (readPaths.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      found: false,
+      diff: {},
+      unsupportedKeys: [],
+      error: firstError ?? 'Could not read config'
+    }
   }
 
   const themeUnsupportedKeys = await applyThemeReference(parsed)
@@ -153,8 +161,8 @@ export async function previewGhosttyImport(store: Store): Promise<GhosttyImportP
 
   return {
     found: true,
-    configPath: configPaths[0],
-    configPaths,
+    configPath: readPaths[0],
+    configPaths: readPaths,
     diff: actualDiff,
     unsupportedKeys
   }