diff --git a/bin/disk b/bin/disk
index 1ee24ed4..6831e326 100755
--- a/bin/disk
+++ b/bin/disk
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Default to /, but let users override
-[ -n "$MONITORED_DISK" ] || MP="/"
+MP="/"
+[ -n "$MONITORED_DISK" ] && MP="$MONITORED_DISK"
 case $MP in
 	/dev/*) MP=`grep "$MP" /proc/mounts | awk '{print $2}'` ;;
 esac
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fa46723a..2d7ee349 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ byobu (2.26) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/disk, bin/logo, bin/network, bin/release, bin/temp_c, bin/temp_f,
     byobu-janitor: move config files to sourced config file, use
     janitor item to clean up
+  * byobu-status: source, rather than exec the target status script,
+    such that the script inherits the source status config variables
+  * bin/disk: fix up reading of MONITORED_DISK
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:19:50 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:34:45 -0500
 
 byobu (2.25-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low