diff --git a/dot_local/bin/executable_assign-workspace-monitors b/dot_local/bin/executable_assign-workspace-monitors
index 005dff0..3ae8746 100644
--- a/dot_local/bin/executable_assign-workspace-monitors
+++ b/dot_local/bin/executable_assign-workspace-monitors
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 import json
 import subprocess
 
-CONFIG = {
-    'Samsung Electric Company LS27A800U HCJW301093': 1,
-    'Seanix Technology Inc NX-EDG27X C6F0K3CN07UL': 2,
-    'BOE 0x0BCA': 3
-}
+CONFIG = [
+    {'make': 'Samsung Electric Company', 'model': 'LS27A800U', 'position': 'left', 'workspace': 1},
+    {'make': 'Seanix Technology Inc', 'model': 'NX-EDG27X', 'position': 'center', 'workspace': 2},
+    {'make': 'BOE', 'model': '0x0BCA', 'position': 'right', 'workspace': 3},
+]
 
 
 p = subprocess.run(
@@ -17,15 +17,23 @@ p = subprocess.run(
     encoding='utf-8'
 )
 monitors = json.loads(p.stdout)
-print('monitors:', monitors)
+# print('monitors:', monitors)
 
-if set(m['description'] for m in monitors) == CONFIG.keys():
+monitor_ids = {}
+for mon in monitors:
+    for conf in CONFIG:
+        if conf['make'] == mon['make'] and conf['model'] == mon['model']:
+            monitor_ids[ conf['position'] ] = mon['id']
+
+
+if len(monitor_ids) == len(CONFIG):
     print('config matched, assigning:')
     dispatches = []
-    for m in monitors:
-        workspace = CONFIG[m['description']]
+    for conf in CONFIG:
+        workspace = conf['workspace']
+        monitor_id = monitor_ids[ conf['position'] ]
         # move workspace to desired monitor
-        dispatches.append(f"dispatch moveworkspacetomonitor {workspace} {m['name']}")
+        dispatches.append(f"dispatch moveworkspacetomonitor {workspace} {monitor_id}")
         # focus the workspace so that it's visible after moving
         dispatches.append(f"workspace {workspace}")
     cmd = ['hyprctl', '--batch', ' ; '.join(dispatches)]