1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/ipc-json.c b/sway/ipc-json.c
index 34adfc74..6c438424 100644
--- a/sway/ipc-json.c
+++ b/sway/ipc-json.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,9 @@ json_object *ipc_json_describe_bar_config(struct bar_config *bar) {
         json_object_object_add(json, "verbose",
                         json_object_new_boolean(bar->verbose));
         json_object_object_add(json, "pango_markup",
-                        json_object_new_boolean(bar->pango_markup));
+                        json_object_new_boolean(bar->pango_markup == PANGO_MARKUP_DEFAULT
+                                                                                        ? config->pango_markup
+                                                                                        : bar->pango_markup));
 
         json_object *colors = json_object_new_object();
         json_object_object_add(colors, "background",