diff --git a/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix b/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
index a3f119ad3..178ceacd6 100644
--- a/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
+++ b/modules/services/window-managers/i3-sway/sway.nix
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ in {
       xdg.configFile."sway/config" = {
         source = configFile;
         onChange = ''
-          swaySocket=''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}/sway-ipc.$UID.$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/pgrep -x sway || true).sock
-          if [ -S $swaySocket ]; then
+          swaySocket="''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$UID}/sway-ipc.$UID.$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/pgrep --uid $UID -x sway || true).sock"
+          if [ -S "$swaySocket" ]; then
             ${pkgs.sway}/bin/swaymsg -s $swaySocket reload
           fi
         '';