diff --git a/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.lock b/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.lock
index d9379b44..8ffee69a 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.lock
+++ b/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.lock
@@ -3169,6 +3169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "komorebi-layouts",
  "komorebi-protocol",
  "komorebi-themes",
+ "komorebi-transport",
  "lazy_static",
  "nanoid",
  "objc2 0.6.5",
@@ -3305,6 +3306,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "komorebi-transport"
+version = "0.1.42"
+dependencies = [
+ "komorebi-protocol",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "komorebic"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.toml b/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.toml
index de8ef649..d2b727fa 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.toml
+++ b/komorebi-for-mac/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 komorebi-themes = { path = "../komorebi-themes" }
 komorebi-collections = { path = "../crates/komorebi-collections" }
 komorebi-protocol = { path = "../crates/komorebi-protocol", default-features = false, features = ["schemars"] }
+komorebi-transport = { path = "../crates/komorebi-transport" }
 komorebi-layouts = { path = "../komorebi-layouts", features = [
   "darwin",
   "schemars",
diff --git a/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/Cargo.toml b/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/Cargo.toml
index 330e7c91..a45a718b 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ komorebi-themes = { workspace = true }
 komorebi-collections = { workspace = true }
 komorebi-layouts = { workspace = true }
 komorebi-protocol = { workspace = true }
+komorebi-transport = { workspace = true }
 quickxml_to_serde = { git = "https://github.com/LGUG2Z/quickxml_to_serde.git", version = "0.6.1" }
 version = { path = "../version" }
 
diff --git a/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/src/process_command.rs b/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
index 6e8cb5db..e4499dca 100644
--- a/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
+++ b/komorebi-for-mac/komorebi/src/process_command.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ use color_eyre::eyre;
 use color_eyre::eyre::Context;
 use color_eyre::eyre::OptionExt;
 use komorebi_themes::colour::Rgb;
+use komorebi_transport::allowed_while_paused;
 use objc2_core_foundation::CFDictionary;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -1933,15 +1934,11 @@ pub fn read_commands_uds(
             }
             Some(mut wm) => {
                 if wm.is_paused {
-                    return match message {
-                        SocketMessage::TogglePause
-                        | SocketMessage::State
-                        | SocketMessage::GlobalState
-                        | SocketMessage::Stop => Ok(wm.process_command(message, &mut stream)?),
-                        _ => {
-                            tracing::trace!("ignoring while paused");
-                            Ok(())
-                        }
+                    return if allowed_while_paused(&message) {
+                        Ok(wm.process_command(message, &mut stream)?)
+                    } else {
+                        tracing::trace!("ignoring while paused");
+                        Ok(())
                     };
                 }