diff --git a/etc/byobu/statusrc b/etc/byobu/statusrc
index 3191d193..c4d687b6 100644
--- a/etc/byobu/statusrc
+++ b/etc/byobu/statusrc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mem_available=1
 mem_used=1
 menu=1
 network=0
-notify_osd=1
+notify_osd=0
 processes=0
 rcs_cost=0
 reboot_required=1
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-config b/usr/bin/byobu-config
index 2ac5af21..29f35e93 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-config
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-config
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def readstatus():
     status["mem_used"]=1
     status["menu"]=1
     status["network"]=0
-    status["notify_osd"]=1
+    status["notify_osd"]=0
     status["processes"]=0
     status["rcs_cost"]=0
     status["reboot_required"]=1
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd b/usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd
index e1812cd3..b1ea4f48 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/notify_osd
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ esac
 
 # This line operates basically as a daemon, watching the notify-osd log file,
 # processing new messages and sending them to screen
-tail --pid $PPID -n 0 -F $LOG | $BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/byobu/.notify_osd "$PPID"
+CMD="tail --pid $PPID -n 0 -F $LOG"
+pkill -f "$CMD" || true
+$CMD | $BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/byobu/.notify_osd "$PPID"