diff --git a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Workspaces.qml b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Workspaces.qml
index bf655b4..8d18251 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Workspaces.qml
+++ b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/Workspaces.qml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ RowLayout {
             MouseArea {
                 anchors.fill: parent
                 cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
-                onClicked: Hyprland.dispatch("workspace " + modelData.name)
+                // Hyprland's Lua config expects Lua syntax from dispatch
+                onClicked: Hyprland.dispatch("hl.dsp.focus({ workspace = " + JSON.stringify(modelData.id > 0 ? modelData.id : modelData.name) + " })")
             }
         }
     }