diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a99a9c1..4420f7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
 * Documentation for the `cpu` module; `interval` has been renamed to
   `poll-interval` ([#241][241]).
 * battery: module was not thread safe.
+* dwl module reporting only the last part of the title ([#251][251])
 
 [239]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/239
 [241]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/241
+[251]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/pulls/251
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/modules/dwl.c b/modules/dwl.c
index 00b4cb8..5fa1023 100644
--- a/modules/dwl.c
+++ b/modules/dwl.c
@@ -168,9 +168,15 @@ process_line(char *line, struct module *module)
         }
         /* action */
         else if (index == 2) {
-            if (strcmp(string, "title") == 0)
+            if (strcmp(string, "title") == 0) {
                 line_mode = LINE_MODE_TITLE;
-            else if (strcmp(string, "fullscreen") == 0)
+                /* Update the title here, to avoid allocate and free memory on
+                 * every iteration (the line is separated by spaces, then we
+                 * join it again) a bit suboptimal, isn't it?) */
+                free(private->title);
+                private->title = strdup(save_pointer);
+                break;
+            } else if (strcmp(string, "fullscreen") == 0)
                 line_mode = LINE_MODE_FULLSCREEN;
             else if (strcmp(string, "floating") == 0)
                 line_mode = LINE_MODE_FLOATING;
@@ -222,8 +228,7 @@ process_line(char *line, struct module *module)
             } else
                 switch (line_mode) {
                 case LINE_MODE_TITLE:
-                    free(private->title);
-                    private->title = strdup(string);
+                    assert(false); /* unreachable */
                     break;
                 case LINE_MODE_FULLSCREEN:
                     private->fullscreen = (strcmp(string, "0") != 0);