diff --git a/modules/bar/components/ActiveWindow.qml b/modules/bar/components/ActiveWindow.qml
index 414c9c57..990a65a6 100644
--- a/modules/bar/components/ActiveWindow.qml
+++ b/modules/bar/components/ActiveWindow.qml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Item {
             return qsTr("Desktop");
         if (Config.bar.activeWindow.compact) {
             // " - " (standard hyphen), " — " (em dash), " – " (en dash)
-            const parts = root.windowTitle.split(/\s+[\-\u2013\u2014]\s+/);
+            const parts = title.split(/\s+[\-\u2013\u2014]\s+/);
             if (parts.length > 1)
                 return parts[parts.length - 1].trim();
         }