1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/hidden_state.c b/sway/commands/bar/hidden_state.c
index 1f08a5d2..8b661e3a 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/hidden_state.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/hidden_state.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct cmd_results *bar_cmd_hidden_state(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         const char *state = argv[0];
-        if (config->reading) {
+        if (config->current_bar) {
                 error = bar_set_hidden_state(config->current_bar, state);
         } else {
                 const char *id = argc == 2 ? argv[1] : NULL;