diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.js b/common/content/dactyl.js
index 4a29001f..26ec0c30 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.js
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.js
@@ -192,21 +192,30 @@ var Dactyl = Module("dactyl", XPCOM(Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference, ModuleBase), {
      */
     beep: function () {
         if (options["visualbell"]) {
-            let bell  = document.getElementById("dactyl-bell");
-            let strut = document.getElementById("dactyl-bell-strut");
-            if (!bell) {
-                bell = document.documentElement.insertBefore(
-                    util.xmlToDom(<hbox xmlns={XUL} style="display: none" highlight="Bell" id="dactyl-bell"/>, document),
-                    document.documentElement.firstChild);
-                strut = document.documentElement.appendChild(
-                    util.xmlToDom(<hbox xmlns={XUL} style="display: none" highlight="Bell" id="dactyl-bell-strut"/>, document));
+            let elems = {
+                bell: document.getElementById("dactyl-bell"),
+                strut: document.getElementById("dactyl-bell-strut")
             }
+            if (!elems.bell)
+                util.overlayWindow(window, {
+                    objects: elems,
+                    prepend: <>
+                        <window id={document.documentElement.id} xmlns={XUL}>
+                            <hbox style="display: none" highlight="Bell" id="dactyl-bell" key="bell"/>
+                        </window>
+                    </>,
+                    append: <>
+                        <window id={document.documentElement.id} xmlns={XUL}>
+                            <hbox style="display: none" highlight="Bell" id="dactyl-bell-strut" key="strut"/>
+                        </window>
+                    </>
+                }, elems);
 
-            bell.style.height = window.innerHeight + "px";
-            strut.style.marginBottom = -window.innerHeight + "px";
-            strut.style.display = bell.style.display = "";
+            elems.bell.style.height = window.innerHeight + "px";
+            elems.strut.style.marginBottom = -window.innerHeight + "px";
+            elems.strut.style.display = elems.bell.style.display = "";
 
-            util.timeout(function () { strut.style.display = bell.style.display = "none"; }, 20);
+            util.timeout(function () { elems.strut.style.display = elems.bell.style.display = "none"; }, 20);
         }
         else {
             let soundService = Cc["@mozilla.org/sound;1"].getService(Ci.nsISound);
diff --git a/common/content/options.js b/common/content/options.js
index 33001b3e..69aca5e9 100644
--- a/common/content/options.js
+++ b/common/content/options.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ var Option = Class("Option", {
     get isDefault() this.stringValue === this.stringDefaultValue,
 
     /** @property {value} The option's global value. @see #scope */
-    get globalValue() options.store.get(this.name, {}).value,
+    get globalValue() { try { return options.store.get(this.name, {}).value } catch (e) { util.reportError(e); throw e; } },
     set globalValue(val) { options.store.set(this.name, { value: val, time: Date.now() }); },
 
     /**
diff --git a/common/content/statusline.js b/common/content/statusline.js
index 6d3cb454..baeb4f49 100644
--- a/common/content/statusline.js
+++ b/common/content/statusline.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var StatusLine = Module("statusline", {
 
         let _commandline = "if (window.dactyl) return dactyl.modules.commandline";
         let prepend = <e4x xmlns={XUL} xmlns:dactyl={NS}>
-            <statusbar id="status-bar" highlight="StatusLine StatusNormal">
+            <statusbar id="status-bar" highlight="StatusLine StatusLineNormal">
                 <!-- insertbefore="dactyl.statusBefore;" insertafter="dactyl.statusAfter;" -->
                 <hbox style="background: inherit;" key="container"  flex="1" hidden="false" align="center">
                     <stack orient="horizontal" align="stretch"      flex="1" class="dactyl-container" highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
diff --git a/common/modules/util.jsm b/common/modules/util.jsm
index cb8c65b6..156158ee 100644
--- a/common/modules/util.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/util.jsm
@@ -996,7 +996,10 @@ var Util = Module("Util", XPCOM([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]),
                             doc.dactylOverlayElements.push(n);
                         fn(elem, node);
                         for each (let attr in attr || []) // FIXME: Cleanup...
-                            elem.setAttributeNS(attr.namespace(), attr.localName(), attr);
+                            if (attr.name() != "highlight")
+                                elem.setAttributeNS(attr.namespace(), attr.localName(), String(attr));
+                            else
+                                highlight.highlightNode(elem, String(attr));
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1461,11 +1464,8 @@ var Util = Module("Util", XPCOM([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]),
             for each (let attr in node.@*::*)
                 if (attr.name() != "highlight")
                     domnode.setAttributeNS(attr.namespace(), attr.localName(), String(attr));
-                else {
-                    domnode.setAttributeNS(NS.uri, "highlight", String(attr));
-                    for each (let h in String.split(attr, " "))
-                        highlight.loaded[h] = true;
-                }
+                else
+                    highlight.highlightNode(domnode, String(attr));
 
             for each (let child in node.*::*)
                 domnode.appendChild(xmlToDom(child, doc, nodes));