diff --git a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
index 528bf933..75465994 100644
--- a/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/hyprland/workspaces.hpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class Workspaces : public AModule, public EventHandler {
   Json::Value window_rewrite_rules_;
   std::map<std::string, std::string> regex_cache_;
   std::string format_window_separator_;
+  std::string window_rewrite_default_;
   bool with_icon_;
   uint64_t monitor_id_;
   std::string active_workspace_name_;
diff --git a/include/util/rewrite_string.hpp b/include/util/rewrite_string.hpp
index 2ab39ad8..3352a47a 100644
--- a/include/util/rewrite_string.hpp
+++ b/include/util/rewrite_string.hpp
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 
 namespace waybar::util {
 std::string rewriteString(const std::string&, const Json::Value&);
-}
+std::string rewriteStringOnce(const std::string& value, const Json::Value& rules,
+                              bool& matched_any);
+}  // namespace waybar::util
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index e6edc4ac..526129e9 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ auto Workspaces::parse_config(const Json::Value &config) -> void {
       format_window_separator.isString() ? format_window_separator.asString() : " ";
 
   window_rewrite_rules_ = config["window-rewrite"];
+
+  Json::Value window_rewrite_default = config["window-rewrite-default"];
+  window_rewrite_default_ =
+      window_rewrite_default.isString() ? window_rewrite_default.asString() : "?";
 }
 
 auto Workspaces::register_ipc() -> void {
@@ -757,8 +761,14 @@ std::string Workspaces::get_rewrite(std::string window_class) {
     return regex_cache_[window_class];
   }
 
+  bool matched_any;
+
   std::string window_class_rewrite =
-      waybar::util::rewriteString(window_class, window_rewrite_rules_);
+      waybar::util::rewriteStringOnce(window_class, window_rewrite_rules_, matched_any);
+
+  if (!matched_any) {
+    window_class_rewrite = window_rewrite_default_;
+  }
 
   regex_cache_.emplace(window_class, window_class_rewrite);
 
diff --git a/src/util/rewrite_string.cpp b/src/util/rewrite_string.cpp
index ec3e1673..475f8a3d 100644
--- a/src/util/rewrite_string.cpp
+++ b/src/util/rewrite_string.cpp
@@ -30,4 +30,31 @@ std::string rewriteString(const std::string& value, const Json::Value& rules) {
 
   return res;
 }
+
+std::string rewriteStringOnce(const std::string& value, const Json::Value& rules,
+                              bool& matched_any) {
+  if (!rules.isObject()) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  matched_any = false;
+
+  std::string res = value;
+
+  for (auto it = rules.begin(); it != rules.end(); ++it) {
+    if (it.key().isString() && it->isString()) {
+      try {
+        const std::regex rule{it.key().asString(), std::regex_constants::icase};
+        if (std::regex_match(value, rule)) {
+          matched_any = true;
+          return std::regex_replace(res, rule, it->asString());
+        }
+      } catch (const std::regex_error& e) {
+        spdlog::error("Invalid rule {}: {}", it.key().asString(), e.what());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return value;
+}
 }  // namespace waybar::util