diff --git a/backend/src/routes/sessions.ts b/backend/src/routes/sessions.ts
index 1a2ae8c0..d78292c3 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/sessions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/sessions.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import { getUser } from "../auth/auth.js";
 export function sessionRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, d: { mgr: PiProcessManager; tht: ThtRunner; hub: SseHub }) {
   app.post("/sessions", async (req, reply) => {
     const b = req.body as any;
-    const { id } = await d.tht.sessionNew({ question: b.question, provider: b.provider, model: b.model, thinking: b.thinking, name: b.name });
+    // NOTE (MVP): `workspace` selects the tht `-c <config>` for the backend's own
+    // tht calls (session new/list/show). The gate/Pi side still uses the symlinked
+    // `config/tht.yaml` (single-workspace). Full multi-workspace on the Pi side is
+    // future work — the gate would need a THT_CONFIG/workspace env passed at spawn.
+    const { id } = await d.tht.sessionNew({ question: b.question, provider: b.provider, model: b.model, thinking: b.thinking, name: b.name, workspace: b.workspace });
     const rt = await d.mgr.spawnFor(id, { provider: b.provider, model: b.model, thinking: b.thinking, author: getUser(req).id });
     rt.bridge.onClientEvent((e) => d.hub.publish(id, e.type, e));
     return { id };
diff --git a/backend/src/tht/tht-runner.ts b/backend/src/tht/tht-runner.ts
index 65a83d7b..04fba387 100644
--- a/backend/src/tht/tht-runner.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tht/tht-runner.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 
 export interface ThtConfig {
   thtBin: string;
@@ -19,9 +21,21 @@ export interface SessionRow {
 export class ThtRunner {
   constructor(private cfg: ThtConfig) {}
 
-  run(args: string[]): Promise<{ code: number; stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
+  /**
+   * Resolve the `-c <config>` args. If `workspace` is given AND a matching
+   * `workspaces/<workspace>.yaml` exists under harnessDir, select it; otherwise
+   * fall back to the default configPath.
+   */
+  private configArg(workspace?: string): string[] {
+    if (workspace && existsSync(join(this.cfg.harnessDir, "workspaces", `${workspace}.yaml`))) {
+      return ["-c", `workspaces/${workspace}.yaml`];
+    }
+    return ["-c", this.cfg.configPath];
+  }
+
+  run(args: string[], workspace?: string): Promise<{ code: number; stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      const ch = spawn(this.cfg.thtBin, ["-c", this.cfg.configPath, ...args], {
+      const ch = spawn(this.cfg.thtBin, [...this.configArg(workspace), ...args], {
         cwd: this.cfg.harnessDir,
       });
       let stdout = "";
@@ -32,8 +46,8 @@ export class ThtRunner {
     });
   }
 
-  private async json<T>(args: string[]): Promise<T> {
-    const { code, stdout, stderr } = await this.run(args);
+  private async json<T>(args: string[], workspace?: string): Promise<T> {
+    const { code, stdout, stderr } = await this.run(args, workspace);
     if (code !== 0) throw new Error(`tht ${args.join(" ")} exit ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`);
     return JSON.parse(stdout) as T;
   }
@@ -44,6 +58,7 @@ export class ThtRunner {
     model?: string;
     thinking?: string;
     name?: string;
+    workspace?: string;
   }) {
     const a = ["session", "new", o.question];
     for (const [f, v] of [
@@ -55,7 +70,7 @@ export class ThtRunner {
       if (v) a.push(f, v);
     }
     a.push("--json");
-    return this.json<{ id: string }>(a);
+    return this.json<{ id: string }>(a, o.workspace);
   }
 
   sessionList() {
diff --git a/backend/test/routes-sessions.test.ts b/backend/test/routes-sessions.test.ts
index 8cf285e9..f3e36e58 100644
--- a/backend/test/routes-sessions.test.ts
+++ b/backend/test/routes-sessions.test.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@ import { loadConfig } from "../src/config.js";
 const FAKE = path.resolve("../harness/tests/fake_pi/fake_pi_rpc.mjs");
 const SCRIPT = path.resolve("../harness/tests/fake_pi/scripts/f1_disambiguation.json");
 
-test("POST /sessions crea e avvia, GET /sessions lista", async () => {
+test("POST /sessions crea e avvia, GET /sessions lista; inoltra workspace a sessionNew", async () => {
+  let sessionNewArg: any;
   const app = buildApp(loadConfig({ THT_HARNESS_DIR: "../harness" }), {
-    thtRunner: { sessionNew: async () => ({ id: "s1" }), sessionList: async () => [{ id: "s1" }] } as any,
+    thtRunner: {
+      sessionNew: async (o: any) => { sessionNewArg = o; return { id: "s1" }; },
+      sessionList: async () => [{ id: "s1" }],
+    } as any,
     spawnFn: () => spawn("node", [FAKE, SCRIPT]) as any,
   });
   const created = await app.inject({ method: "POST", url: "/sessions", payload: { workspace: "w", question: "q" } });
   expect(created.json()).toEqual({ id: "s1" });
+  expect(sessionNewArg.workspace).toBe("w");
+  expect(sessionNewArg.question).toBe("q");
   const list = await app.inject({ method: "GET", url: "/sessions" });
   expect(list.json()).toEqual([{ id: "s1" }]);
 });
diff --git a/backend/test/tht-runner.test.ts b/backend/test/tht-runner.test.ts
index 283dd0f7..ef28cbf3 100644
--- a/backend/test/tht-runner.test.ts
+++ b/backend/test/tht-runner.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
-import { test, expect } from "vitest";
+import { test, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 import { ThtRunner } from "../src/tht/tht-runner.js";
 
+// Spy on child_process.spawn so we can capture the resolved argv (incl. -c config)
+// that ThtRunner.run() builds, without launching a real process.
+vi.mock("node:child_process", () => ({
+  spawn: vi.fn(() => {
+    const ch: any = new EventEmitter();
+    ch.stdout = new EventEmitter();
+    ch.stderr = new EventEmitter();
+    queueMicrotask(() => {
+      ch.stdout.emit("data", Buffer.from('{"id":"x"}'));
+      ch.emit("close", 0);
+    });
+    return ch;
+  }),
+}));
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+
 test("sessionNew parses id from JSON", async () => {
   const r = new ThtRunner({ thtBin: "tht", harnessDir: "/h", configPath: "config/tht.yaml" });
   r.run = async () => ({ code: 0, stdout: '{"id":"2026-06-27-100000-x"}', stderr: "" });
@@ -12,3 +29,13 @@ test("run with exit != 0 propagates error with stderr", async () => {
   r.run = async () => ({ code: 1, stdout: "", stderr: "ERRORE: boom" });
   await expect(r.sessionList()).rejects.toThrow(/boom/);
 });
+
+test("sessionNew with missing workspace file falls back to default configPath argv", async () => {
+  // harnessDir "/nope" has no workspaces/foo.yaml -> configArg falls back to default.
+  (spawn as any).mockClear();
+  const r = new ThtRunner({ thtBin: "tht", harnessDir: "/nope", configPath: "config/tht.yaml" });
+  await r.sessionNew({ question: "q", workspace: "foo" });
+  const [bin, argv] = (spawn as any).mock.calls[0];
+  expect(bin).toBe("tht");
+  expect(argv).toEqual(["-c", "config/tht.yaml", "session", "new", "q", "--json"]);
+});