1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/output.c b/sway/commands/output.c
index 2790bd63..013f17b2 100644
--- a/sway/commands/output.c
+++ b/sway/commands/output.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_output(int argc, char **argv) {
         // If reloading, the output configs will be applied after reading the
         // entire config and before the deferred commands so that an auto generated
         // workspace name is not given to re-enabled outputs.
-        if (!config->reloading) {
+        if (!config->reloading && !config->validating) {
                 apply_output_config_to_outputs(output);
                 if (background) {
                         spawn_swaybg();