diff --git a/docs/bindings/keys.md b/docs/bindings/keys.md
index f1814ca7f..78e9adbec 100644
--- a/docs/bindings/keys.md
+++ b/docs/bindings/keys.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ It is formed by tag numbers `1`–`9`, optionally combined with `|`.
 | :--- | :--- | :--- |
 | `spawn` | `cmd` | Execute a command. |
 | `spawn_shell` | `cmd` | Execute shell command (supports pipes `\|`). |
-| `spawn_on_empty` | `cmd, tagmask` | Open command on empty tag.Accepts a cmd string and [tagmask](/docs/bindings/keys#tag-mask-format) |
+| `spawn_on_empty` | `cmd, tagmask[,synctag]` | Open command on empty tag.Accepts a cmd string and [tagmask](/docs/bindings/keys#tag-mask-format) |
 | `reload_config` | - | Hot-reload configuration. |
 | `load_config_file` | `file path` | Load configuration from the specified file. Empty path resets to default config location. |
 | `quit` | - | Exit mangowm. |
diff --git a/src/config/parse_config.h b/src/config/parse_config.h
index b9a7d52d8..03424989a 100644
--- a/src/config/parse_config.h
+++ b/src/config/parse_config.h
@@ -1377,6 +1377,7 @@ FuncType parse_func_name(char *func_name, Arg *arg, char *arg_value,
 		func = spawn_on_empty;
 		(*arg).v = strdup(arg_value);
 		(*arg).ui = parse_tag_mask(arg_value2);
+		(*arg).i = atoi(arg_value3);
 	} else if (strcmp(func_name, "quit") == 0) {
 		func = quit;
 	} else if (strcmp(func_name, "create_virtual_output") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/dispatch/bind_define.h b/src/dispatch/bind_define.h
index 573313903..278bafd7b 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/bind_define.h
+++ b/src/dispatch/bind_define.h
@@ -1163,10 +1163,10 @@ void spawn_on_empty(const Arg *arg) {
 		}
 	}
 	if (!is_empty) {
-		view(arg, true);
+		bind_to_view(arg);
 		return;
 	} else {
-		view(arg, true);
+		bind_to_view(arg);
 		spawn_shell(arg);
 	}
 	return;