diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index b687e4b2..f73d6316 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -1069,6 +1069,16 @@ function StatusLine() //{{{
         status_bar.setAttribute("class", "chromeclass-status " + highlight_group);
     };
 
+    // update all fields of the statusline
+    this.update = function()
+    {
+        this.updateUrl();
+        this.updateInputBuffer();
+        this.updateProgress();
+        this.updateTabCount();
+        this.updateBufferPosition();
+    }
+
     // if "url" is ommited, build a usable string for the URL
     this.updateUrl = function(url)
     {
diff --git a/content/vimperator.js b/content/vimperator.js
index c2f623b4..e7e98a12 100644
--- a/content/vimperator.js
+++ b/content/vimperator.js
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ const vimperator = (function() //{{{
                 }
             }, 50);
 
+            vimperator.statusline.update();
             vimperator.log("Vimperator fully initialized", 1);
         },