1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/bar/mode.c b/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
index 8b3fb275..7c2f423b 100644
--- a/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
+++ b/sway/commands/bar/mode.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct cmd_results *bar_cmd_mode(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
 
         const char *mode = argv[0];
-        if (config->reading) {
+        if (config->current_bar) {
                 error = bar_set_mode(config->current_bar, mode);
         } else {
                 const char *id = argc == 2 ? argv[1] : NULL;