diff --git a/content/tabs.js b/content/tabs.js
index 13163080..95c84841 100644
--- a/content/tabs.js
+++ b/content/tabs.js
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ function Tabs() //{{{
                 window.close();
             else
                 vimperator.quit(quit_on_last_tab == 2);
+
+            return;
         }
 
         var index = this.index(tab);
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index 20a963c2..6c44a91c 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -1083,6 +1083,16 @@ 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 d89e5b87..97e20ecb 100644
--- a/content/vimperator.js
+++ b/content/vimperator.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const vimperator = (function() //{{{
 
     var callbacks = [];
 
-
     function expandPath(path)
     {
         const WINDOWS = navigator.platform == "Win32";
@@ -787,6 +786,7 @@ const vimperator = (function() //{{{
                 }
             }, 50);
 
+            vimperator.statusline.update();
             vimperator.log("Vimperator fully initialized", 1);
         },