1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/swaybar/bar.c b/swaybar/bar.c
index 6db556a8..deddf971 100644
--- a/swaybar/bar.c
+++ b/swaybar/bar.c
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ static void respond_ipc(int fd, short mask, void *_bar) {
 
 static void respond_command(int fd, short mask, void *_bar) {
         struct bar *bar = (struct bar *)_bar;
+        if (mask & POLLHUP) {
+                // Something's wrong with the command
+                handle_status_hup(bar->status);
+                dirty = true;
+                // We will stop watching the status line so swaybar won't
+                // flood the CPU with its HUPs
+                remove_event(fd);
+        }
         dirty = handle_status_line(bar);
 }
 
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ static void respond_output(int fd, short mask, void *_output) {
 
 void bar_run(struct bar *bar) {
         add_event(bar->ipc_event_socketfd, POLLIN, respond_ipc, bar);
-        add_event(bar->status_read_fd, POLLIN, respond_command, bar);
+        add_event(bar->status_read_fd, POLLIN | POLLHUP, respond_command, bar);
 
         int i;
         for (i = 0; i < bar->outputs->length; ++i) {