diff --git a/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp b/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
index b327482c..11e73d8f 100644
--- a/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/hyprland/backend.hpp
@@ -26,6 +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();
@@ -38,5 +42,4 @@ class IPC {
 
 inline std::unique_ptr<IPC> gIPC;
 inline bool modulesReady = false;
-std::filesystem::path getSocketFolder(const char* instanceSig);
 };  // namespace waybar::modules::hyprland
diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
index 29c65633..05d16d05 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
@@ -15,22 +15,25 @@
 
 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_;
+  }
   }
 
   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 +62,7 @@ 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 +172,7 @@ 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()) <