1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
index f97c386d..6ad60dfa 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Monitor.cpp
@@ -297,13 +297,15 @@ int CMonitor::findAvailableDefaultWS() {
 void CMonitor::setupDefaultWS(const SMonitorRule& monitorRule) {
     // Workspace
     std::string newDefaultWorkspaceName = "";
-    int64_t     WORKSPACEID = monitorRule.defaultWorkspace == "" ? findAvailableDefaultWS() : getWorkspaceIDFromString(monitorRule.defaultWorkspace, newDefaultWorkspaceName);
+    int64_t     WORKSPACEID             = g_pConfigManager->getDefaultWorkspaceFor(szName).empty() ?
+                        findAvailableDefaultWS() :
+                        getWorkspaceIDFromString(g_pConfigManager->getDefaultWorkspaceFor(szName), newDefaultWorkspaceName);
 
     if (WORKSPACEID == INT_MAX || (WORKSPACEID >= SPECIAL_WORKSPACE_START && WORKSPACEID <= -2)) {
         WORKSPACEID             = g_pCompositor->m_vWorkspaces.size() + 1;
         newDefaultWorkspaceName = std::to_string(WORKSPACEID);
 
-        Debug::log(LOG, "Invalid workspace= directive name in monitor parsing, workspace name \"%s\" is invalid.", monitorRule.defaultWorkspace.c_str());
+        Debug::log(LOG, "Invalid workspace= directive name in monitor parsing, workspace name \"%s\" is invalid.", g_pConfigManager->getDefaultWorkspaceFor(szName).c_str());
     }
 
     auto PNEWWORKSPACE = g_pCompositor->getWorkspaceByID(WORKSPACEID);