diff --git a/src/Bar.cpp b/src/Bar.cpp
index d6accd5..9ff871b 100644
--- a/src/Bar.cpp
+++ b/src/Bar.cpp
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ namespace Bar
         static std::array<Button*, 9> workspaces;
         TimerResult UpdateWorkspaces(Box&)
         {
+            System::PollWorkspaces((uint32_t)monitorID, workspaces.size());
             for (size_t i = 0; i < workspaces.size(); i++)
             {
-                switch (System::GetWorkspaceStatus((uint32_t)monitorID, i + 1))
+                switch (System::GetWorkspaceStatus(i + 1))
                 {
                 case System::WorkspaceStatus::Dead: workspaces[i]->SetClass("ws-dead"); break;
                 case System::WorkspaceStatus::Inactive: workspaces[i]->SetClass("ws-inactive"); break;
diff --git a/src/Hyprland.h b/src/Hyprland.h
index 338203d..303d9a0 100644
--- a/src/Hyprland.h
+++ b/src/Hyprland.h
@@ -55,54 +55,93 @@ namespace Hyprland
         return res;
     }
 
-    inline System::WorkspaceStatus GetStatus(uint32_t monitorID, uint32_t workspaceId)
+    static std::vector<System::WorkspaceStatus> workspaceStati;
+
+    inline void PollStatus(uint32_t monitorID, uint32_t numWorkspaces)
+    {
+        if (RuntimeConfig::Get().hasHyprland == false)
+        {
+            LOG("Error: Polled workspace status, but Hyprland isn't open!");
+            return;
+        }
+        workspaceStati.clear();
+        workspaceStati.resize(numWorkspaces, System::WorkspaceStatus::Dead);
+
+        size_t parseIdx = 0;
+        // First parse workspaces
+        std::string workspaces = DispatchIPC("/workspaces");
+        while ((parseIdx = workspaces.find("workspace ID ", parseIdx)) != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            // Goto (
+            size_t begWSNum = workspaces.find('(', parseIdx) + 1;
+            size_t endWSNum = workspaces.find(')', begWSNum);
+
+            std::string ws = workspaces.substr(begWSNum, endWSNum - begWSNum);
+            int32_t wsId = std::atoi(ws.c_str());
+            if (wsId >= 1 && wsId < (int32_t)numWorkspaces)
+            {
+                // WS is at least inactive
+                workspaceStati[wsId - 1] = System::WorkspaceStatus::Inactive;
+            }
+            parseIdx = endWSNum;
+        }
+
+        // Parse active workspaces for monitor
+        std::string monitors = DispatchIPC("/monitors");
+        parseIdx = 0;
+        while ((parseIdx = monitors.find("Monitor ", parseIdx)) != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            // Goto ( and remove ID (=Advance 4 spaces, 1 for (, two for ID, one for space)
+            size_t begMonNum = monitors.find('(', parseIdx) + 4;
+            size_t endMonNum = monitors.find(')', begMonNum);
+            std::string mon = monitors.substr(begMonNum, endMonNum - begMonNum);
+            int32_t monIdx = std::atoi(mon.c_str());
+
+            // Parse active workspace
+            parseIdx = monitors.find("active workspace: ", parseIdx);
+            ASSERT(parseIdx != std::string::npos, "Invalid IPC response!");
+            size_t begWSNum = monitors.find('(', parseIdx) + 1;
+            size_t endWSNum = monitors.find(')', begWSNum);
+            std::string ws = monitors.substr(begWSNum, endWSNum - begWSNum);
+            int32_t wsId = std::atoi(ws.c_str());
+
+            // Check if focused
+            parseIdx = monitors.find("focused: ", parseIdx);
+            ASSERT(parseIdx != std::string::npos, "Invalid IPC response!");
+            size_t begFocused = monitors.find(' ', parseIdx) + 1;
+            size_t endFocused = monitors.find('\n', begFocused);
+            bool focused = std::string_view(monitors).substr(begFocused, endFocused - begFocused) == "yes";
+
+            if (wsId >= 1 && wsId < (int32_t)numWorkspaces)
+            {
+                if ((uint32_t)monIdx == monitorID)
+                {
+                    if (focused)
+                    {
+                        workspaceStati[wsId - 1] = System::WorkspaceStatus::Active;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        workspaceStati[wsId - 1] = System::WorkspaceStatus::Current;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    workspaceStati[wsId - 1] = System::WorkspaceStatus::Visible;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    inline System::WorkspaceStatus GetStatus(uint32_t workspaceId)
     {
         if (RuntimeConfig::Get().hasHyprland == false)
         {
             LOG("Error: Queried for workspace status, but Hyprland isn't open!");
             return System::WorkspaceStatus::Dead;
         }
-
-        std::string workspaces = DispatchIPC("/workspaces");
-        if (workspaces.find("workspace ID " + std::to_string(workspaceId)) == std::string::npos)
-        {
-            // It's dead and there's nothing I can do about it
-            // [Doesn't exist, no need to check anything else]
-            return System::WorkspaceStatus::Dead;
-        }
-        std::string monitors = DispatchIPC("/monitors");
-        size_t beginMonitor = monitors.find("(ID " + std::to_string(monitorID) + ")");
-        ASSERT(beginMonitor != std::string::npos, "Monitor not found!");
-        size_t endMonitor = monitors.find("dpmsStatus", beginMonitor);
-
-        std::string_view selectedMon = std::string_view(monitors).substr(beginMonitor, endMonitor - beginMonitor);
-        size_t activeWorkspaceLoc = selectedMon.find("active workspace:");
-        size_t workspaceBeg = selectedMon.find("(", activeWorkspaceLoc);
-        size_t workspaceEnd = selectedMon.find(")", workspaceBeg);
-
-        std::string workspaceNum = std::string(selectedMon.substr(workspaceBeg + 1, workspaceEnd - workspaceBeg - 1));
-        // Active workspace
-        if (std::stoi(workspaceNum) == (int)workspaceId)
-        {
-            // Check if focused
-            if (selectedMon.find("focused: yes") != std::string::npos)
-            {
-                return System::WorkspaceStatus::Active;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return System::WorkspaceStatus::Current;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (monitors.find("active workspace: " + std::to_string(workspaceId)) != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            return System::WorkspaceStatus::Visible;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return System::WorkspaceStatus::Inactive;
-        }
+        ASSERT(workspaceId > 0 && workspaceId <= workspaceStati.size(), "Invalid workspaceId, you need to poll the workspace first!");
+        return workspaceStati[workspaceId - 1];
     }
 
     inline void Goto(uint32_t workspace)
diff --git a/src/System.cpp b/src/System.cpp
index b2d5969..be0e14f 100644
--- a/src/System.cpp
+++ b/src/System.cpp
@@ -447,9 +447,13 @@ namespace System
     }
 
 #ifdef WITH_HYPRLAND
-    WorkspaceStatus GetWorkspaceStatus(uint32_t monitor, uint32_t workspace)
+    void PollWorkspaces(uint32_t monitor, uint32_t numWorkspaces)
     {
-        return Hyprland::GetStatus(monitor, workspace);
+        Hyprland::PollStatus(monitor, numWorkspaces);
+    }
+    WorkspaceStatus GetWorkspaceStatus(uint32_t workspace)
+    {
+        return Hyprland::GetStatus(workspace);
     }
     void GotoWorkspace(uint32_t workspace)
     {
diff --git a/src/System.h b/src/System.h
index e19675e..babd3fe 100644
--- a/src/System.h
+++ b/src/System.h
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ namespace System
         Current,
         Active
     };
-    WorkspaceStatus GetWorkspaceStatus(uint32_t monitor, uint32_t workspace);
+    void PollWorkspaces(uint32_t monitor, uint32_t numWorkspaces);
+    WorkspaceStatus GetWorkspaceStatus(uint32_t workspace);
     void GotoWorkspace(uint32_t workspace);
     // direction: + or -
     void GotoNextWorkspace(char direction);