diff --git a/common/content/commandline.js b/common/content/commandline.js
index 5af44809..5d6acfdb 100644
--- a/common/content/commandline.js
+++ b/common/content/commandline.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ const CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
         dactyl.triggerObserver("echoLine", str, highlightGroup, forceSingle);
 
         if (!this.commandVisible)
-            commandline.hide();
+            this.hide();
 
         let field = this.widgets.active.message.inputField;
         if (!forceSingle && field.editor.rootElement.scrollWidth > field.scrollWidth)
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ const CommandLine = Module("commandline", {
         let doc = this.widgets.multilineOutput.contentDocument;
         let win = this.widgets.multilineOutput.contentWindow;
 
+        if (!this.commandVisible)
+            this.hide();
+
         dactyl.triggerObserver("echoMultiline", str, highlightGroup);
 
         // If it's already XML, assume it knows what it's doing.