diff --git a/bin/hostname b/bin/hostname
index 844bbcc6..94deeef7 100755
--- a/bin/hostname
+++ b/bin/hostname
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-. "$HOME/.$PKG/status" 2>/dev/null || true
+. "/etc/$PKG/statusrc"
+. "$HOME/.$PKG/status"
 [ "$whoami" = "1" ] && at="@"
 
 printf "\005{+b }%s%s\005{-}" "$at" $(hostname -s 2>/dev/null || hostname)
diff --git a/bin/ip_address b/bin/ip_address
index 0661a7f6..2d53f3e7 100755
--- a/bin/ip_address
+++ b/bin/ip_address
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-. "$HOME/.$PKG/status" 2>/dev/null || true
+. "/etc/$PKG/statusrc"
+. "$HOME/.$PKG/status"
 [ "$hostname" = "1" ] && space=" "
 [ "$whoami" = "1" ] && space=" "
 
diff --git a/bin/mem_available b/bin/mem_available
index bc6ce469..0226043c 100755
--- a/bin/mem_available
+++ b/bin/mem_available
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-. "$HOME/.$PKG/status" 2>/dev/null || true
+. "/etc/$PKG/statusrc"
+. "$HOME/.$PKG/status"
 [ "$mem_used" = "1" ] && comma="," || whitespace=" "
 
 mem=`free | grep -m 1 "^Mem:" | awk '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/byobu b/byobu
index a0a996d9..72eed69f 100755
--- a/byobu
+++ b/byobu
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ fi
 [ -s "$HOME/.$PKG/keybindings" ] || echo "source /usr/share/$PKG/keybindings/common" > "$HOME/.$PKG/keybindings"
 sed -i "s/$OLDPKG/$PKG/g" "$HOME/.$PKG/keybindings"
 
-# Ensure that their default windows are seeded
+# Ensure that the user's configuration is seeded
+[ -r "$HOME/.$PKG/status" ] || touch "$HOME/.$PKG/status"
 [ -r "$HOME/.$PKG/windows" ] || touch "$HOME/.$PKG/windows"
 if grep -qs "^[^#]" "$HOME/.$PKG/windows"; then
 	# User has some default windows, so don't launch motd+shell