i3wm startup command not working?

[serspammy]

i had finished theming i3lock-color and when i set it up to run on startup in my i3 config, the screen does not lock upon suspension

the command string in my i3 config:
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock -B sigma -n --force-clock --time-str="%I:%M %p" --date-str="%b %d, %Y" --time-pos="640:210" --greeter-pos="640:510" --{time,date,layout,verif,wrong,greeter}-font=UbuntuMono --pass-{media,screen,power,volume}-keys --indicator --verif-text=" " --wrong-text="Nope." --noinput-text="Empty." --greeter-text="'sup." --{inside,ring}-color=ff713980 --{inside,ring}ver-color=38ff5280 --{inside,ring}wrong-color=ff385c80 --line-color=edddbd --{key,bs}hl-color=38ff5280 --separator-color=bdedc4 --{verif,wrong,modif}-color=edddbd --{layout,time,date,greeter}-color=edddbd

after i run pkill xss-lock to kill the process, then run (the same command in a terminal):
xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- i3lock -B sigma -n --force-clock --time-str="%I:%M %p" --date-str="%b %d, %Y" --time-pos="640:210" --greeter-pos="640:510" --{time,date,layout,verif,wrong,greeter}-font=UbuntuMono --pass-{media,screen,power,volume}-keys --indicator --verif-text=" " --wrong-text="Nope." --noinput-text="Empty." --greeter-text="'sup." --{inside,ring}-color=ff713980 --{inside,ring}ver-color=38ff5280 --{inside,ring}wrong-color=ff385c80 --line-color=edddbd --{key,bs}hl-color=38ff5280 --separator-color=bdedc4 --{verif,wrong,modif}-color=edddbd --{layout,time,date,greeter}-color=edddbd
it actually locks the screen upon suspension, with no issues, as expected. i obviously don't want to have to do this on startup every time

[serspammy]

apparently there's supposed to be a format for these, whoops. i'm new to github and only did make an account for my i3wm dotfiles