jq (specifically jq) is incredibly slow

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I have tested this multiple ways, using jq in a command causes a delay so large the widget becomes near unusable. I have my workspace widget set up like so:

(deflisten workspaces "hyprland-workspaces _ 2>/dev/null | jq -cMra 'sort_by(.name | try(tonumber))'")

(defwidget workspaces []
  (box
    :class "workspaces"
    :orientation "h"
    :space-evenly false
    (box
      :class "variable-buttons"
      :space-evenly false
      (for workspace in workspaces
        (button
          :onclick "hyprctl dispatch workspace ${workspace.name}"
          :class "${workspace.id} ${workspace.active ? 'active' : ''}"
          "${workspace.name =~ [0-9] ? workspace.name : ''}${workspace.name == 'info' ? '' : ''}${workspace.name == 'music' ? '󰝚' : ''}${workspace.name == 'video' ? '' : ''}${workspace.name == 'discord' ? '󰙯' : ''}"
        )
      )
    )
    (button
      :class "dropdown"
      :onclick "hyprctl dispatch togglespecialworkspace dropdown"
      ""
    )
  )
)

for some reason unbeknownst to me, it's like the command is only outputting once every 30 seconds or so. Just to make sure it's not me, I tried not actually filtering anything in jq and just running the json through it, like this:

(deflisten workspaces "~/.cargo/bin/hyprland-workspaces _ 2>/dev/null | jq")

The same problem occurs.
I tested it in the terminal and it works fine. The widget functions perfectly fine if I simply don't pipe it into jq. Any pointers?