diff --git a/common/content/commandline.js b/common/content/commandline.js
index 163f95da..182ebbd7 100644
--- a/common/content/commandline.js
+++ b/common/content/commandline.js
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ const CommandWidgets = Class("CommandWidgets", {
             getGroup: function (value) this.activeGroup.commandline,
             onChange: function (elem) {
                 if (elem.inputField != dactyl.focus) {
-                    elem.selectionStart = elem.value.length;
-                    elem.selectionEnd = elem.value.length;
+                    try {
+                        elem.selectionStart = elem.value.length;
+                        elem.selectionEnd = elem.value.length;
+                    }
+                    catch (e) {}
                 }
                 if (elem.collapsed)
                     elem.focus();
diff --git a/common/content/statusline.js b/common/content/statusline.js
index 79fdfc66..35dea094 100644
--- a/common/content/statusline.js
+++ b/common/content/statusline.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const StatusLine = Module("statusline", {
         }
     },
 
-    get visible() !this.statusBar.collapsed,
+    get visible() !this.statusBar.collapsed && !this.statusBar.hidden,
 
     /**
      * Update the status bar to indicate how secure the website is: