diff --git a/include/hyprutils/os/Process.hpp b/include/hyprutils/os/Process.hpp
index 73c8450..47842ce 100644
--- a/include/hyprutils/os/Process.hpp
+++ b/include/hyprutils/os/Process.hpp
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ namespace Hyprutils {
             const std::string& stdOut();
             const std::string& stdErr();
 
-            // only populated when ran async
-            const pid_t pid();
+            const pid_t        pid();
 
           private:
             std::string                                      binary, out, err;
diff --git a/src/os/Process.cpp b/src/os/Process.cpp
index 1141239..7f08dc9 100644
--- a/src/os/Process.cpp
+++ b/src/os/Process.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ bool Hyprutils::OS::CProcess::runSync() {
         out = "";
         err = "";
 
+        grandchildPid = pid;
+
         std::array<char, 1024> buf;
         buf.fill(0);