diff --git a/modules/ui/hl-todo/autoload.el b/modules/ui/hl-todo/autoload.el
index 7aaa8b3bb..21f09e6b7 100644
--- a/modules/ui/hl-todo/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/ui/hl-todo/autoload.el
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 This is useful for major modes that don't use or have a valid syntax-table entry
 for comment start/end characters."
   (set (make-local-variable 'hl-todo-keywords)
-       `(((lambda (limit)
+       '(((lambda (limit)
             (let (case-fold-search)
               (and (re-search-forward hl-todo-regexp limit t)
-                   (memq 'font-lock-comment-face (doom-enlist (get-text-property (point) 'face)))))
-            (1 (hl-todo-get-face) t t))))))
+                   (memq 'font-lock-comment-face (doom-enlist (get-text-property (point) 'face))))))
+          (1 (hl-todo-get-face) t t))))
+  (when hl-todo-mode
+    (hl-todo-mode -1)
+    (hl-todo-mode +1)))
+