diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.xul b/common/content/dactyl.xul
index d800941f..20fc35f8 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.xul
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.xul
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
   -->
 
 <?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://dactyl/skin/dactyl.css" type="text/css"?>
+
 <!DOCTYPE overlay SYSTEM "dactyl.dtd" [
-    <!ENTITY and "&amp;&amp;">
     <!ENTITY dactyl.content "chrome://dactyl/content/">
-    <!ENTITY commandline "if (window.dactyl) return dactyl.modules.commandline">
-    <!ENTITY events "if (window.dactyl &and; dactyl.modules.loaded.events) return dactyl.modules.events">
-    <!ENTITY status "dactyl-statusline-field-">
 ]>
 
 <overlay id="dactyl"
diff --git a/common/content/statusline.js b/common/content/statusline.js
index acd906ed..0d1a2f9d 100644
--- a/common/content/statusline.js
+++ b/common/content/statusline.js
@@ -12,52 +12,51 @@ const StatusLine = Module("statusline", {
     init: function () {
 
         let _commandline = "if (window.dactyl) return dactyl.modules.commandline";
-        let _status = "dactyl-statusline-field-";
+        let append = <e4x xmlns={XUL} xmlns:dactyl={NS}>
+            <statusbar id="status-bar" dactyl:highlight="StatusLine StatusNormal">
+                <!-- 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" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
+                        <hbox class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
+                            <label class="plain" key="mode"          crop="end" collapsed="true"/>
+                            <stack flex="1" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
+                                <textbox class="plain" key="url"     crop="end" flex="1" readonly="true"/>
+                                <textbox class="plain" key="message" crop="end" flex="1" readonly="true" dactyl:highlight="Normal StatusNormal"/>
+                            </stack>
+                        </hbox>
+
+                        <hbox key="commandline" hidden="false" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="Normal StatusNormal" collapsed="true">
+                            <label key="commandline-prompt"    class="dactyl-commandline-prompt  plain" flex="0" crop="end" value="" collapsed="true"/>
+                            <textbox key="commandline-command" class="dactyl-commandline-command plain" flex="1" type="text" timeout="100"
+                                     oninput={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"} onkeyup={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"}
+                                     onfocus={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"} onblur={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"}/>
+                        </hbox>
+                    </stack>
+                    <label class="plain" key="inputbuffer"    flex="0"/>
+                    <label class="plain" key="progress"       flex="0"/>
+                    <label class="plain" key="tabcount"       flex="0"/>
+                    <label class="plain" key="bufferposition" flex="0"/>
+                    <label class="plain" key="zoomlevel"      flex="0"/>
+                </hbox>
+                <!-- just hide them since other elements expect them -->
+                <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-display"       hidden="true"/>
+                <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-progresspanel" hidden="true"/>
+            </statusbar>
+        </e4x>;
+
+        for each (let attr in append..@key)
+            attr.parent().@id = "dactyl-statusline-field-" + attr;
 
         util.overlayWindow(window, {
-            append: <e4x xmlns={XUL} xmlns:dactyl={NS}>
-                <statusbar id="status-bar" dactyl:highlight="StatusLine StatusNormal">
-                    <!-- insertbefore="dactyl.statusBefore;" insertafter="dactyl.statusAfter;" -->
-                    <hbox
-                          style="background: inherit;" id={_status + "container"} flex="1" hidden="false" align="center">
-                        <stack orient="horizontal" align="stretch"      flex="1" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
-                            <hbox class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
-                                <label class="plain" id={_status + "mode"}          crop="end" collapsed="true"/>
-                                <stack flex="1" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine StatusCmdLine">
-                                    <textbox class="plain" id={_status + "url"}     crop="end" flex="1" readonly="true"/>
-                                    <textbox class="plain" id={_status + "message"} crop="end" flex="1" readonly="true" dactyl:highlight="Normal StatusNormal"/>
-                                </stack>
-                            </hbox>
-
-                            <hbox id={_status + "commandline"} hidden="false" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="Normal StatusNormal" collapsed="true">
-                                <label id={_status + "commandline-prompt"}    class="dactyl-commandline-prompt  plain" flex="0" crop="end" value="" collapsed="true"/>
-                                <textbox id={_status + "commandline-command"} class="dactyl-commandline-command plain" flex="1" type="text" timeout="100"
-                                         oninput={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"} onkeyup={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"}
-                                         onfocus={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"} onblur={_commandline + ".onEvent(event);"}/>
-                            </hbox>
-                        </stack>
-                        <label class="plain" id={_status + "inputbuffer"}    flex="0"/>
-                        <label class="plain" id={_status + "progress"}       flex="0"/>
-                        <label class="plain" id={_status + "tabcount"}       flex="0"/>
-                        <label class="plain" id={_status + "bufferposition"} flex="0"/>
-                        <label class="plain" id={_status + "zoomlevel"}      flex="0"/>
-                    </hbox>
-                    <!-- just hide them since other elements expect them -->
-                    <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-display"       hidden="true"/>
-                    <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-progresspanel" hidden="true"/>
-                </statusbar>
-            </e4x>.*
+            objects: this.widgets = { get status() this.container },
+            append: append.*
         });
 
         this._statusLine = document.getElementById("status-bar");
         this.statusBar = document.getElementById("addon-bar") || this._statusLine;
         this.statusBar.collapsed = true; // it is later restored unless the user sets laststatus=0
 
-        // our status bar fields
-        this.widgets = array(["container", "url", "inputbuffer", "progress", "tabcount", "bufferposition", "zoomlevel"]
-                    .map(function (field) [field, document.getElementById("dactyl-statusline-field-" + field)]))
-                    .toObject();
-        this.widgets.status = this.widgets.container;
 
         if (this.statusBar.localName == "toolbar") {
             styles.system.add("addon-bar", config.styleableChrome, <css><![CDATA[
diff --git a/common/modules/util.jsm b/common/modules/util.jsm
index 76bc6c3a..37d5954b 100644
--- a/common/modules/util.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/util.jsm
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ const Util = Module("Util", XPCOM([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference])
 
                 for (let [elem, xml, attr] in iterator) {
                     if (elem = window.document.getElementById(elem)) {
-                        fn(elem, util.xmlToDom(xml, window.document));
+                        fn(elem, util.xmlToDom(xml, window.document, obj.objects));
                         for each (let attr in attr || [])
                             elem.setAttributeNS(attr.namespace(), attr.localName(), attr);
                     }