diff --git a/src/modules/wlr/taskbar.cpp b/src/modules/wlr/taskbar.cpp
index 30e4ee488..e5be88d85 100644
--- a/src/modules/wlr/taskbar.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/wlr/taskbar.cpp
@@ -682,6 +682,9 @@ void Task::update() {
         fmt::format(fmt::runtime(format_tooltip_), fmt::arg("title", title), fmt::arg("name", name),
                     fmt::arg("app_id", app_id), fmt::arg("state", state_string()),
                     fmt::arg("short_state", state_string(true)));
+    
+    txt = waybar::util::rewriteString(txt, config_["rewrite"]);
+
     if (markup)
       button.set_tooltip_markup(txt);
     else