diff --git a/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix b/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
index f15c3a9..b456ad1 100644
--- a/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
+++ b/home/roles/aerospace/default.nix
@@ -539,8 +539,15 @@ in
         # Get list of empty workspaces
         EMPTY_WORKSPACES=$(${pkgs.aerospace}/bin/aerospace list-workspaces --monitor all --empty)
 
-        # Clean up the workspace number parameter
-        WORKSPACE_NUM=$(echo "$1" | tr -d ' \n\r')
+        # Get workspace number - from $1 if provided (event-triggered), otherwise extract from $NAME (routine update)
+        # $NAME is always available (e.g., "space.1", "space.2", etc.)
+        # $1 is only available when called via event trigger with positional argument
+        if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+            WORKSPACE_NUM=$(echo "$1" | tr -d ' \n\r')
+        else
+            # Extract number from item name: "space.1" -> "1", "space.10" -> "10"
+            WORKSPACE_NUM=$(echo "$NAME" | sed 's/space\.//')
+        fi
 
         # Check if workspace has windows (is NOT empty)
         IS_EMPTY=false
@@ -554,6 +561,13 @@ in
             IS_FOCUSED=true
         fi
 
+        # Determine display value (workspace 10 displays as "0")
+        if [ "$WORKSPACE_NUM" = "10" ]; then
+            DISPLAY="0"
+        else
+            DISPLAY="$WORKSPACE_NUM"
+        fi
+
         # Determine visibility and styling
         # Always show focused workspace (even if empty) with fixed width
         # Hide non-focused empty workspaces by setting width to 0 (collapsed)
@@ -562,7 +576,7 @@ in
         if [ "$IS_FOCUSED" = "true" ]; then
             # Focused workspace - always show with focused styling
             ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --set space.$WORKSPACE_NUM \
-                drawing=on \
+                icon="$DISPLAY" \
                 width=32 \
                 icon.padding_left=13 \
                 icon.padding_right=11 \
@@ -571,13 +585,19 @@ in
                 background.drawing=on \
                 icon.color=$TEXT
         elif [ "$IS_EMPTY" = "true" ]; then
-            # Empty workspace (not focused) - hide by turning off drawing
+            # Empty workspace (not focused) - hide by collapsing width and clearing content
+            # Using width=0 + empty icon/label instead of drawing=off because drawing=off doesn't reliably re-show items
             ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --set space.$WORKSPACE_NUM \
-                drawing=off
+                icon="" \
+                label="" \
+                width=0 \
+                icon.padding_left=0 \
+                icon.padding_right=0 \
+                background.drawing=off
         else
             # Non-empty workspace (not focused) - show with inactive styling
             ${pkgs.sketchybar}/bin/sketchybar --set space.$WORKSPACE_NUM \
-                drawing=on \
+                icon="$DISPLAY" \
                 width=32 \
                 icon.padding_left=13 \
                 icon.padding_right=11 \