diff --git a/content/events.js b/content/events.js
index bbe3c8c5..b9f5f24e 100644
--- a/content/events.js
+++ b/content/events.js
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ function AutoCommands() //{{{
                             <td class="hl-Title" colspan="2">{event}</td>
                         </tr>
                         +
-                        template.map(items, function (item)
-                        <tr>
-                            <td>&#160;{item.pattern.source}</td>
-                            <td>{item.command}</td>
-                        </tr>))
+                            template.map(items, function (item)
+                            <tr>
+                                <td>&#160;{item.pattern.source}</td>
+                                <td>{item.command}</td>
+                            </tr>))
                     }
                 </table>);
 
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 62358a97..eb807320 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
         // TODO: add proper level constants
         echomsg: function (str, verbosity, flags)
         {
-            flags |= commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES;
+            flags |= commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES | commandline.FORCE_SINGLELINE;
 
             if (verbosity == null)
                 verbosity = 0; // verbosity level is exclusionary
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index d4c401c3..fe2468b9 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ function CommandLine() //{{{
             if (flags & this.FORCE_MULTILINE)
                 where = setMultiline;
             else if (flags & this.FORCE_SINGLELINE)
-                where = setLine;
+                where = function () setLine(str, highlightGroup, true);
             else if (!outputContainer.collapsed)
             {
                 if (flags & this.DISALLOW_MULTILINE)