diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.xul b/common/content/dactyl.xul
index 38ab49d5..73123038 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.xul
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.xul
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         </vbox>
     </vbox>
 
-    <statusbar id="status-bar" dactyl:highlight="StatusLine">
+    <statusbar id="status-bar" dactyl:highlight="StatusLine StatusNormal">
         <hbox insertbefore="&dactyl.statusBefore;" insertafter="&dactyl.statusAfter;"
               style="background: inherit;" id="&status;container" flex="1" hidden="false" align="center">
             <stack orient="horizontal" align="stretch"      flex="1" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
diff --git a/common/modules/template.jsm b/common/modules/template.jsm
index b8bab403..bdb2b8b3 100644
--- a/common/modules/template.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/template.jsm
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const Template = Module("Template", {
                 break;
             XML.ignoreWhitespace = false;
             s += <>{str.substring(start, i)}</>;
-            s += highlight.apply(this, Array.slice(args || str.substr(i, length)));
+            s += highlight.apply(this, Array.concat(args || str.substr(i, length)));
             start = i + length;
         }
         return s + <>{str.substr(start)}</>;