diff --git a/include/helpers/systemHelper.hpp b/include/helpers/systemHelper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0900846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/helpers/systemHelper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+class SystemHelper
+{
+  public:
+    static std::string get_command_output(const char *cmd)
+    {
+        std::array<char, 128> buffer;
+        std::string result;
+        std::unique_ptr<FILE, int (*)(FILE *)> pipe(popen(cmd, "r"), pclose);
+
+        if (!pipe)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
+        }
+
+        // Read the output a chunk at a time until the stream ends
+        while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr)
+        {
+            result += buffer.data();
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/include/services/hyprland.hpp b/include/services/hyprland.hpp
index ff7f0e6..274778a 100644
--- a/include/services/hyprland.hpp
+++ b/include/services/hyprland.hpp
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <glibmm.h>
+#include <map>
 #include <sigc++/sigc++.h>
 #include <string>
 
 class HyprlandService
 {
+    typedef struct WorkspaceState
+    {
+        int id;
+        bool active;
+        bool focused;
+        bool urgent;
+    } WorkspaceState;
+
+    typedef struct Monitor
+    {
+        std::map<int, WorkspaceState> workspaceStates;
+        std::string name;
+        int x;
+        int y;
+        int id;
+        int focusedWorkspaceId;
+    } Monitor;
+
   public:
     HyprlandService();
     ~HyprlandService();
@@ -18,6 +37,7 @@ class HyprlandService
   private:
     int m_fd = -1;
     std::string m_buffer;
+    std::map<int, Monitor> monitors;
 
     bool on_socket_read(Glib::IOCondition condition);
     void parse_message(const std::string &line);
diff --git a/src/services/hyprland.cpp b/src/services/hyprland.cpp
index 6e3a0fc..b112213 100644
--- a/src/services/hyprland.cpp
+++ b/src/services/hyprland.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <string>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "helpers/systemHelper.hpp"
+
 HyprlandService::HyprlandService() {}
 
 HyprlandService::~HyprlandService()
@@ -19,21 +24,13 @@ HyprlandService::~HyprlandService()
 
 void HyprlandService::on_hyprland_event(std::string event, std::string data)
 {
-    if (event == "workspace")
-    {
-        std::cout << "Switched to workspace: " << data << std::endl;
-        // Update your UI here...
-    }
-    else if (event == "activewindow")
-    {
-        std::cout << "Active window changed" << std::endl;
-    } else {
-        std::cout << event << " " << data << std::endl;
-    }
+
+    // std::cout << event << " " << data << std::endl;
 }
 
 void HyprlandService::start()
 {
+    // setup socket
     std::string socket_path = get_socket_path();
     if (socket_path.empty())
     {
@@ -66,6 +63,58 @@ void HyprlandService::start()
         sigc::mem_fun(*this, &HyprlandService::on_socket_read),
         m_fd,
         Glib::IOCondition::IO_IN | Glib::IOCondition::IO_HUP | Glib::IOCondition::IO_ERR);
+
+    // setup monitors
+    std::string hyprctlMonitorsOutput = SystemHelper::get_command_output("hyprctl monitors -j");
+    auto monitorsJson                 = nlohmann::json::parse(hyprctlMonitorsOutput);
+
+    if (monitorsJson.is_array())
+    {
+        for (auto &monitorJson : monitorsJson)
+        {
+            Monitor monitor;
+
+            monitor.id                 = monitorJson["id"];
+            monitor.name               = monitorJson["name"];
+            monitor.x                  = monitorJson["x"];
+            monitor.y                  = monitorJson["y"];
+            monitor.focusedWorkspaceId = monitorJson["activeWorkspace"]["id"];
+
+            this->monitors.insert({monitor.id, monitor});
+        }
+    }
+
+    int numWorkspaces = 6;
+    int numMonitors   = 2;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < numWorkspaces * numMonitors; i++)
+    {
+        WorkspaceState tempState;
+
+        tempState.active  = false;
+        tempState.focused = false;
+        tempState.urgent  = false;
+        tempState.id      = i;
+
+        this->monitors[i / numWorkspaces].workspaceStates.insert({i % numWorkspaces, tempState});
+    }
+
+    std::string hyprctlWorkspacesOutput = SystemHelper::get_command_output("hyprctl workspaces -j");
+    auto workspacesJson                 = nlohmann::json::parse(hyprctlWorkspacesOutput);
+
+    if (workspacesJson.is_array())
+    {
+        for (auto &workspaceJson : workspacesJson)
+        {
+            int currentId                  = workspaceJson["id"];
+            int monitorId                  = workspaceJson["monitorID"];
+            WorkspaceState &workspaceState = this->monitors[monitorId].workspaceStates.at((currentId - 1) % numWorkspaces);
+
+            int focusedWorkspaceId = this->monitors[monitorId].focusedWorkspaceId;
+            workspaceState.focused = currentId == focusedWorkspaceId;
+            workspaceState.active  = true;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 bool HyprlandService::on_socket_read(Glib::IOCondition condition)
@@ -89,7 +138,7 @@ bool HyprlandService::on_socket_read(Glib::IOCondition condition)
         m_buffer.append(buffer);
 
         size_t pos = 0;
-        
+
         while ((pos = m_buffer.find('\n')) != std::string::npos)
         {
             std::string line = m_buffer.substr(0, pos);