diff --git a/modules/home-manager/eww/scripts/hypr-workspaces.bash b/modules/home-manager/eww/scripts/hypr-workspaces.bash
index 8f869f5..66523dc 100755
--- a/modules/home-manager/eww/scripts/hypr-workspaces.bash
+++ b/modules/home-manager/eww/scripts/hypr-workspaces.bash
@@ -57,14 +57,16 @@ workspaces() {
   )"
 }
 
+workspace_reader() {
+  while read -r l; do
+    workspaces "$l"
+  done
+}
+
 # initial render
 workspaces
 
 # listen to events and re-render
-while true; do
-  # TODO: not sure why this socat | read invocation seems to stop?
-  socat - "UNIX-CONNECT:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock" | while read -r line; do
-    workspaces "$line"
-  done
-done
-echo '(box "DONE")'
+nc -U "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr/$HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE/.socket2.sock" | workspace_reader
+
+echo '(box "EXITING")'