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diff --git a/.config/awesome/signals/awesome.lua b/.config/awesome/signals/awesome.lua
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+-- Taken from https://www.reddit.com/r/awesomewm/comments/syjolb/comment/hy0xy35/
+
+awesome.connect_signal('exit', function(reason_restart)
+    if not reason_restart then return end
+
+    local file = io.open('/tmp/awesomewm-last-selected-tags', 'w+')
+
+    for s in screen do
+        file:write(s.selected_tag.index, '\n') 
+    end
+
+    file:close()
+end)
+
+awesome.connect_signal('startup', function()
+    local file = io.open('/tmp/awesomewm-last-selected-tags', 'r')
+    if not file then return end
+
+    local selected_tags = {}
+
+    for line in file:lines() do
+        table.insert(selected_tags, tonumber(line))
+    end
+    
+    for s in screen do
+        local i = selected_tags[s.index]
+        local t = s.tags[i]
+        t:view_only()
+    end
+
+    file:close()
+end)