1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/focus.c b/sway/focus.c
index 9f070866..ca56de4b 100644
--- a/sway/focus.c
+++ b/sway/focus.c
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ static void update_focus(swayc_t *c) {
                                 ipc_event_workspace(prev, c);
                                 // update visibility of old workspace
                                 update_visibility(prev);
-                                destroy_workspace(prev);
+
+                                // if the old workspace has no children, destroy it
+                                if(prev->children->length == 0 && prev->floating->length == 0){
+                                        destroy_workspace(prev);
+                                }
                         }
                         // Update visibility of newly focused workspace
                         update_visibility(c);