diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index ae0f1f7f4..c36f68e2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         distro:
           - alpine
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/opensuse b/Dockerfiles/opensuse
index bdb42fbfb..6ac3e058a 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/opensuse
+++ b/Dockerfiles/opensuse
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ RUN zypper -n up && \
     zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:Wayland/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/X11:Wayland.repo | echo 'a' && \
     zypper -n refresh && \
     zypper -n install -t pattern devel_C_C++ && \
-    zypper -n install git meson clang libinput10 libinput-devel pugixml-devel libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 wayland-protocols-devel wayland-devel Mesa-libEGL-devel Mesa-libGLESv2-devel libgbm-devel libxkbcommon-devel libudev-devel libpixman-1-0-devel gtkmm3-devel jsoncpp-devel libxkbregistry-devel scdoc playerctl-devel
+    zypper -n install git meson clang libinput10 libinput-devel pugixml-devel libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 wayland-protocols-devel wayland-devel Mesa-libEGL-devel Mesa-libGLESv2-devel libgbm-devel libxkbcommon-devel libudev-devel libpixman-1-0-devel gtkmm3-devel jsoncpp-devel libxkbregistry-devel scdoc playerctl-devel python3-packaging
diff --git a/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp b/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
index 9ce0ec335..11e73d8f6 100644
--- a/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <list>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ class IPC {
 
   static std::string getSocket1Reply(const std::string& rq);
   Json::Value getSocket1JsonReply(const std::string& rq);
+  static std::filesystem::path getSocketFolder(const char* instanceSig);
+
+ protected:
+  static std::filesystem::path socketFolder_;
 
  private:
   void startIPC();
diff --git a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
index 0432b8703..6c6e09329 100644
--- a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Workspaces : public AModule, public EventHandler {
   void removeWorkspacesToRemove();
   void createWorkspacesToCreate();
   std::vector<std::string> getVisibleWorkspaces();
-  void updateWorkspaceStates(const std::vector<std::string>& visibleWorkspaces);
+  void updateWorkspaceStates();
   bool updateWindowsToCreate();
 
   void extendOrphans(int workspaceId, Json::Value const& clientsJson);
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
index 29c65633b..a39fcd694 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
@@ -15,22 +15,31 @@
 
 namespace waybar::modules::hyprland {
 
-std::filesystem::path getSocketFolder(const char* instanceSig) {
+std::filesystem::path IPC::socketFolder_;
+
+std::filesystem::path IPC::getSocketFolder(const char* instanceSig) {
   // socket path, specified by EventManager of Hyprland
-  static std::filesystem::path socketFolder;
-  if (!socketFolder.empty()) {
-    return socketFolder;
+  if (!socketFolder_.empty()) {
+    spdlog::warn("socketFolder already set, using {}", socketFolder_.c_str());
+    return socketFolder_;
+  }
+
+  const char* xdgRuntimeDirEnv = std::getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+  std::filesystem::path xdgRuntimeDir;
+  // Only set path if env variable is set
+  if (xdgRuntimeDirEnv) {
+    xdgRuntimeDir = std::filesystem::path(xdgRuntimeDirEnv);
   }
 
-  std::filesystem::path xdgRuntimeDir = std::filesystem::path(getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"));
   if (!xdgRuntimeDir.empty() && std::filesystem::exists(xdgRuntimeDir / "hypr")) {
-    socketFolder = xdgRuntimeDir / "hypr";
+    socketFolder_ = xdgRuntimeDir / "hypr";
   } else {
     spdlog::warn("$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/hypr does not exist, falling back to /tmp/hypr");
-    socketFolder = std::filesystem::path("/tmp") / "hypr";
+    socketFolder_ = std::filesystem::path("/tmp") / "hypr";
   }
-  socketFolder = socketFolder / instanceSig;
-  return socketFolder;
+
+  socketFolder_ = socketFolder_ / instanceSig;
+  return socketFolder_;
 }
 
 void IPC::startIPC() {
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ void IPC::startIPC() {
 
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 
-    auto socketPath = getSocketFolder(his) / ".socket2.sock";
+    auto socketPath = IPC::getSocketFolder(his) / ".socket2.sock";
     strncpy(addr.sun_path, socketPath.c_str(), sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
 
     addr.sun_path[sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1] = 0;
@@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ std::string IPC::getSocket1Reply(const std::string& rq) {
   sockaddr_un serverAddress = {0};
   serverAddress.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 
-  std::string socketPath = getSocketFolder(instanceSig) / ".socket.sock";
+  std::string socketPath = IPC::getSocketFolder(instanceSig) / ".socket.sock";
 
   // Use snprintf to copy the socketPath string into serverAddress.sun_path
   if (snprintf(serverAddress.sun_path, sizeof(serverAddress.sun_path), "%s", socketPath.c_str()) <
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index 3b129375c..3209243cb 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ void Workspaces::doUpdate() {
 
   removeWorkspacesToRemove();
   createWorkspacesToCreate();
-
-  std::vector<std::string> visibleWorkspaces = getVisibleWorkspaces();
-
-  updateWorkspaceStates(visibleWorkspaces);
+  updateWorkspaceStates();
   updateWindowCount();
   sortWorkspaces();
 
@@ -870,7 +867,8 @@ bool Workspaces::updateWindowsToCreate() {
   return anyWindowCreated;
 }
 
-void Workspaces::updateWorkspaceStates(const std::vector<std::string> &visibleWorkspaces) {
+void Workspaces::updateWorkspaceStates() {
+  const std::vector<std::string> visibleWorkspaces = getVisibleWorkspaces();
   auto updatedWorkspaces = gIPC->getSocket1JsonReply("workspaces");
   for (auto &workspace : m_workspaces) {
     workspace->setActive(workspace->name() == m_activeWorkspaceName ||
diff --git a/src/modules/sway/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/sway/workspaces.cpp
index 086ed5d10..2adde69ca 100644
--- a/src/modules/sway/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/sway/workspaces.cpp
@@ -505,10 +505,8 @@ void Workspaces::onButtonReady(const Json::Value &node, Gtk::Button &button) {
     // that the workspace itself isn't focused.  Therefore we need to
     // check if any of its nodes are focused as well.
     bool focused = node["focused"].asBool() ||
-      std::any_of(node["nodes"].begin(), node["nodes"].end(),
-                  [](const auto &child) {
-                    return child["focused"].asBool();
-                  });
+                   std::any_of(node["nodes"].begin(), node["nodes"].end(),
+                               [](const auto &child) { return child["focused"].asBool(); });
 
     if (focused) {
       button.show();
diff --git a/subprojects/spdlog.wrap b/subprojects/spdlog.wrap
index 69ef566fa..08004c901 100644
--- a/subprojects/spdlog.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/spdlog.wrap
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [wrap-file]
-directory = spdlog-1.11.0
-source_url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/v1.11.0.tar.gz
-source_filename = v1.11.0.tar.gz
-source_hash = ca5cae8d6cac15dae0ec63b21d6ad3530070650f68076f3a4a862ca293a858bb
-patch_filename = spdlog_1.11.0-2_patch.zip
-patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/spdlog_1.11.0-2/get_patch
-patch_hash = db1364fe89502ac67f245a6c8c51290a52afd74a51eed26fa9ecb5b3443df57a
-wrapdb_version = 1.11.0-2
+directory = spdlog-1.12.0
+source_url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/refs/tags/v1.12.0.tar.gz
+source_filename = spdlog-1.12.0.tar.gz
+source_hash = 4dccf2d10f410c1e2feaff89966bfc49a1abb29ef6f08246335b110e001e09a9
+patch_filename = spdlog_1.12.0-2_patch.zip
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v2/spdlog_1.12.0-2/get_patch
+patch_hash = 9596972d1eb2e0a69cea4a53273ca7bbbcb9b2fa872cd734864fc7232dc2d573
+source_fallback_url = https://github.com/mesonbuild/wrapdb/releases/download/spdlog_1.12.0-2/spdlog-1.12.0.tar.gz
+wrapdb_version = 1.12.0-2
 
 [provide]
 spdlog = spdlog_dep
diff --git a/test/config.cpp b/test/config.cpp
index ad3df0651..c60519ce2 100644
--- a/test/config.cpp
+++ b/test/config.cpp
@@ -117,3 +117,42 @@ TEST_CASE("Load multiple bar config with include", "[config]") {
   REQUIRE(data.size() == 4);
   REQUIRE(data[0]["output"].asString() == "OUT-0");
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("Load Hyprland Workspaces bar config", "[config]") {
+  waybar::Config conf;
+  conf.load("test/config/hyprland-workspaces.json");
+
+  auto& data = conf.getConfig();
+  auto hyprland = data[0]["hyprland/workspaces"];
+  auto hyprland_window_rewrite = data[0]["hyprland/workspaces"]["window-rewrite"];
+  auto hyprland_format_icons = data[0]["hyprland/workspaces"]["format-icons"];
+  auto hyprland_persistent_workspaces = data[0]["hyprland/workspaces"]["persistent-workspaces"];
+
+  REQUIRE(data.isArray());
+  REQUIRE(data.size() == 1);
+  REQUIRE(data[0]["height"].asInt() == 20);
+  REQUIRE(data[0]["layer"].asString() == "bottom");
+  REQUIRE(data[0]["output"].isArray());
+  REQUIRE(data[0]["output"][0].asString() == "HDMI-0");
+  REQUIRE(data[0]["output"][1].asString() == "DP-0");
+
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["active-only"].asBool() == true);
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["all-outputs"].asBool() == false);
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["move-to-monitor"].asBool() == true);
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["format"].asString() == "{icon} {windows}");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["format-window-separator"].asString() == " ");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["on-scroll-down"].asString() == "hyprctl dispatch workspace e-1");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["on-scroll-up"].asString() == "hyprctl dispatch workspace e+1");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["show-special"].asBool() == true);
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["window-rewrite-default"].asString() == "");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["window-rewrite-separator"].asString() == " ");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["1"].asString() == "󰎤");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["2"].asString() == "󰎧");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["3"].asString() == "󰎪");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["default"].asString() == "");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["empty"].asString() == "󱓼");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_format_icons["urgent"].asString() == "󱨇");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_persistent_workspaces["1"].asString() == "HDMI-0");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland_window_rewrite["title<Steam>"].asString() == "");
+  REQUIRE(hyprland["sort-by"].asString() == "number");
+}
diff --git a/test/config/hyprland-workspaces.json b/test/config/hyprland-workspaces.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd733897f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/hyprland-workspaces.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[
+  {
+    "height": 20,
+    "layer": "bottom",
+    "output": [
+      "HDMI-0",
+      "DP-0"
+    ],
+    "hyprland/workspaces": {
+      "active-only": true,
+      "all-outputs": false,
+      "show-special": true,
+      "move-to-monitor": true,
+      "format": "{icon} {windows}",
+      "format-window-separator": " ",
+      "format-icons": {
+        "1": "󰎤",
+        "2": "󰎧",
+        "3": "󰎪",
+        "default": "",
+        "empty": "󱓼",
+        "urgent": "󱨇"
+      },
+      "persistent-workspaces": {
+        "1": "HDMI-0"
+      },
+      "on-scroll-down": "hyprctl dispatch workspace e-1",
+      "on-scroll-up": "hyprctl dispatch workspace e+1",
+      "window-rewrite": {
+        "title<Steam>": ""
+      },
+      "window-rewrite-default": "",
+      "window-rewrite-separator": " ",
+      "sort-by": "number"
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/test/hyprland/backend.cpp b/test/hyprland/backend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b209da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hyprland/backend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <cstdlib>
+#if __has_include(<catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>)
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#else
+#include <catch2/catch.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#include "fixtures/IPCTestFixture.hpp"
+#include "modules/hyprland/backend.hpp"
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+namespace hyprland = waybar::modules::hyprland;
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(IPCTestFixture, "XDGRuntimeDirExists", "[getSocketFolder]") {
+  // Test case: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR exists and contains "hypr" directory
+  // Arrange
+  tempDir = fs::temp_directory_path() / "hypr_test/run/user/1000";
+  fs::path expectedPath = tempDir / "hypr" / instanceSig;
+  fs::create_directories(tempDir / "hypr" / instanceSig);
+  setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", tempDir.c_str(), 1);
+
+  // Act
+  fs::path actualPath = getSocketFolder(instanceSig);
+
+  // Assert expected result
+  REQUIRE(actualPath == expectedPath);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(IPCTestFixture, "XDGRuntimeDirDoesNotExist", "[getSocketFolder]") {
+  // Test case: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR does not exist
+  // Arrange
+  unsetenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+  fs::path expectedPath = fs::path("/tmp") / "hypr" / instanceSig;
+
+  // Act
+  fs::path actualPath = getSocketFolder(instanceSig);
+
+  // Assert expected result
+  REQUIRE(actualPath == expectedPath);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(IPCTestFixture, "XDGRuntimeDirExistsNoHyprDir", "[getSocketFolder]") {
+  // Test case: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR exists but does not contain "hypr" directory
+  // Arrange
+  fs::path tempDir = fs::temp_directory_path() / "hypr_test/run/user/1000";
+  fs::create_directories(tempDir);
+  setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", tempDir.c_str(), 1);
+  fs::path expectedPath = fs::path("/tmp") / "hypr" / instanceSig;
+
+  // Act
+  fs::path actualPath = getSocketFolder(instanceSig);
+
+  // Assert expected result
+  REQUIRE(actualPath == expectedPath);
+}
diff --git a/test/hyprland/fixtures/IPCTestFixture.hpp b/test/hyprland/fixtures/IPCTestFixture.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b04b3b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hyprland/fixtures/IPCTestFixture.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "modules/hyprland/backend.hpp"
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+namespace hyprland = waybar::modules::hyprland;
+
+class IPCTestFixture : public hyprland::IPC {
+ public:
+  IPCTestFixture() : IPC() { IPC::socketFolder_ = ""; }
+  ~IPCTestFixture() { fs::remove_all(tempDir); }
+
+ protected:
+  const char* instanceSig = "instance_sig";
+  fs::path tempDir = fs::temp_directory_path() / "hypr_test";
+
+ private:
+};
diff --git a/test/hyprland/meson.build b/test/hyprland/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..533022fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hyprland/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+test_inc = include_directories('../../include')
+
+test_dep = [
+    catch2,
+    fmt,
+    gtkmm,
+    jsoncpp,
+    spdlog,
+]
+
+test_src = files(
+    '../main.cpp',
+    'backend.cpp',
+    '../../src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp'
+)
+
+hyprland_test = executable(
+    'hyprland_test',
+    test_src,
+    dependencies: test_dep,
+    include_directories: test_inc,
+)
+
+test(
+    'hyprland',
+    hyprland_test,
+    workdir: meson.project_source_root(),
+)
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 7c9226712..ea430c504 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 test_inc = include_directories('../include')
+
 test_dep = [
     catch2,
     fmt,
@@ -6,21 +7,13 @@ test_dep = [
     jsoncpp,
     spdlog,
 ]
+
 test_src = files(
     'main.cpp',
-    'JsonParser.cpp',
-    'SafeSignal.cpp',
     'config.cpp',
-    'css_reload_helper.cpp',
     '../src/config.cpp',
-    '../src/util/css_reload_helper.cpp',
 )
 
-if tz_dep.found()
-  test_dep += tz_dep
-  test_src += files('date.cpp')
-endif
-
 waybar_test = executable(
     'waybar_test',
     test_src,
@@ -33,3 +26,6 @@ test(
     waybar_test,
     workdir: meson.project_source_root(),
 )
+
+subdir('utils')
+subdir('hyprland')
diff --git a/test/JsonParser.cpp b/test/utils/JsonParser.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from test/JsonParser.cpp
rename to test/utils/JsonParser.cpp
diff --git a/test/SafeSignal.cpp b/test/utils/SafeSignal.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from test/SafeSignal.cpp
rename to test/utils/SafeSignal.cpp
index f496d7ab2..341e8e2ea 100644
--- a/test/SafeSignal.cpp
+++ b/test/utils/SafeSignal.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <type_traits>
 
-#include "GlibTestsFixture.hpp"
+#include "fixtures/GlibTestsFixture.hpp"
 
 using namespace waybar;
 
diff --git a/test/css_reload_helper.cpp b/test/utils/css_reload_helper.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from test/css_reload_helper.cpp
rename to test/utils/css_reload_helper.cpp
diff --git a/test/date.cpp b/test/utils/date.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from test/date.cpp
rename to test/utils/date.cpp
diff --git a/test/GlibTestsFixture.hpp b/test/utils/fixtures/GlibTestsFixture.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from test/GlibTestsFixture.hpp
rename to test/utils/fixtures/GlibTestsFixture.hpp
diff --git a/test/utils/meson.build b/test/utils/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7b3665a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/utils/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+test_inc = include_directories('../../include')
+
+test_dep = [
+    catch2,
+    fmt,
+    gtkmm,
+    jsoncpp,
+    spdlog,
+]
+test_src = files(
+    '../main.cpp',
+    '../config.cpp',
+    '../../src/config.cpp',
+    'JsonParser.cpp',
+    'SafeSignal.cpp',
+    'css_reload_helper.cpp',
+    '../../src/util/css_reload_helper.cpp',
+)
+
+if tz_dep.found()
+  test_dep += tz_dep
+  test_src += files('date.cpp')
+endif
+
+utils_test = executable(
+    'utils_test',
+    test_src,
+    dependencies: test_dep,
+    include_directories: test_inc,
+)
+
+test(
+    'utils',
+    utils_test,
+    workdir: meson.project_source_root(),
+)