diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e7d0c3b..c0c09a07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Assigning a window to scratchpad using rules would incorrectly hide that window immediately [#2203](https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/2203)
 
 ## [7.1.0] - 2024-04-04
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/window_manager.c b/src/window_manager.c
index 73746c8e..dd06c18d 100644
--- a/src/window_manager.c
+++ b/src/window_manager.c
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ void window_manager_apply_rule_effects_to_window(struct space_manager *sm, struc
 
     if (effects->scratchpad) {
         char *scratchpad = string_copy(effects->scratchpad);
-        if (window_manager_set_scratchpad_for_window(wm, window, scratchpad)) {
-            window_manager_toggle_scratchpad_window(wm, window, 1);
-        } else {
+        if (!window_manager_set_scratchpad_for_window(wm, window, scratchpad)) {
             free(scratchpad);
         }
     }