diff --git a/hyprctl/main.cpp b/hyprctl/main.cpp
index b2c00ce7..0f30e588 100644
--- a/hyprctl/main.cpp
+++ b/hyprctl/main.cpp
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ void hyprpaperRequest(int argc, char** argv) {
     requestHyprpaper(rq);
 }
 
-void batchRequest(int argc, char** argv) {
-    std::string rq = "[[BATCH]]" + std::string(argv[2]);
+void batchRequest(std::string arg) {
+    std::string rq = "[[BATCH]]" + arg.substr(arg.find_first_of(" ") + 1);
     
     request(rq);
 }
@@ -200,13 +200,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    std::string fullRequest = argv[1];
+    std::string fullRequest = "";
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+        fullRequest += std::string(argv[i]) + " ";
+    }
+    fullRequest.pop_back(); // remove trailing space
 
-    if (!fullRequest.contains("/")) {
+    if (!std::string(argv[1]).contains("/")) {
         fullRequest = "/" + fullRequest;
     }
 
-    if (fullRequest.contains("/monitors")) request(fullRequest);
+    if (fullRequest.contains("/--batch")) batchRequest(fullRequest);
+    else if (fullRequest.contains("/monitors")) request(fullRequest);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/clients")) request(fullRequest);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/workspaces")) request(fullRequest);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/activewindow")) request(fullRequest);
@@ -219,7 +224,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/dispatch")) dispatchRequest(argc, argv);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/keyword")) keywordRequest(argc, argv);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/hyprpaper")) hyprpaperRequest(argc, argv);
-    else if (fullRequest.contains("/--batch")) batchRequest(argc, argv);
     else if (fullRequest.contains("/--help")) printf("%s", USAGE.c_str());
     else {
         printf("%s\n", USAGE.c_str());
diff --git a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
index 684bca9c..ab72d86e 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp
@@ -513,22 +513,24 @@ std::string dispatchBatch(std::string request) {
 std::string getReply(std::string request) {
     auto format = HyprCtl::FORMAT_NORMAL;
 
-    // process flags
-    int sepIndex = 0;
-    for (const auto& c : request) {
-        if (c == '/') { // stop at separator
-            break;
+    // process flags for non-batch requests
+    if (!(request.find("[[BATCH]]") == 0)) {
+        int sepIndex = 0;
+        for (const auto& c : request) {
+            if (c == '/') { // stop at separator
+                break;
+            }
+
+            sepIndex++;
+            
+            if (c == 'j')
+                format = HyprCtl::FORMAT_JSON;
         }
 
-        sepIndex++;
-        
-        if (c == 'j')
-            format = HyprCtl::FORMAT_JSON;
+        if (sepIndex < request.size())
+            request = request.substr(sepIndex + 1); // remove flags and separator so we can compare the rest of the string
     }
 
-    if (sepIndex < request.size())
-        request = request.substr(sepIndex + 1); // remove flags and separator so we can compare the rest of the string
-
     if (request == "monitors")
         return monitorsRequest(format);
     else if (request == "workspaces")