diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9e91ae70e..1018d9a32 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Remote control: Allow matching by neighbor of active window. Useful for navigation plugins like vim-kitty-navigator
 
+- Fix a regression that caused changing :opt:`text_fg_override_threshold` or :opt:`text_composition_strategy` via config reload causing incorrect rendering (:iss:`6559`)
+
+
 0.29.2 [2023-07-27]
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diff --git a/kitty/shaders.py b/kitty/shaders.py
index 7063110d1..a99617262 100644
--- a/kitty/shaders.py
+++ b/kitty/shaders.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class LoadShaderPrograms:
             graphics.compile(p, allow_recompile)
 
         program_for('bgimage').compile(BGIMAGE_PROGRAM, allow_recompile)
-        program_for('tint').compile(TINT_PROGRAM)
+        program_for('tint').compile(TINT_PROGRAM, allow_recompile)
         init_cell_program()