diff --git a/include/modules/bspwm.hpp b/include/modules/bspwm.hpp
index 5e9a07be..b1b02a7a 100644
--- a/include/modules/bspwm.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/bspwm.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace modules {
     bool input(string&& cmd);
 
    private:
+    bool handle_status(string& data);
+
     static constexpr auto DEFAULT_ICON = "ws-icon-default";
     static constexpr auto DEFAULT_LABEL = "%icon% %name%";
     static constexpr auto DEFAULT_MONITOR_LABEL = "%name%";
diff --git a/src/modules/bspwm.cpp b/src/modules/bspwm.cpp
index cd036ad9..0ae8e725 100644
--- a/src/modules/bspwm.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/bspwm.cpp
@@ -157,12 +157,18 @@ namespace modules {
     }
 
     string data{m_subscriber->receive(BUFSIZ)};
+    bool result = false;
 
-    size_t pos;
-    if ((pos = data.find('\n')) != string::npos) {
-      data.erase(pos);
+    for (auto&& status_line : string_util::split(data, '\n')) {
+      // Need to return true if ANY of the handle_status calls
+      // return true
+      result = this->handle_status(status_line) || result;
     }
 
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  bool bspwm_module::handle_status(string& data) {
     if (data.empty()) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -180,6 +186,8 @@ namespace modules {
 
     m_hash = hash;
 
+    size_t pos;
+
     // Extract the string for the defined monitor
     if (m_pinworkspaces) {
       const auto needle_active = ":M" + m_bar.monitor->name + ":";