diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 633bd6fc..9910c704 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ byobu (4.18) unreleased; urgency=low
     - drop the backtick commands for all the individual status functions
     - add the backtick commands for the 4 quadrants of status
     - update the hardstatus line accordingly
+  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session, usr/lib/byobu/.common,
+    usr/lib/byobu/.constants, usr/lib/byobu/.dirs,
+    usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common,
+    usr/share/byobu/status/1, usr/share/byobu/status/2:
+    - fix string bug in select session
+    - re-add a couple of necessary backticks
+    - update caption line to use new statusd cache
+    - significantly reduce the number of mkdir -p commands
 
   [ James Spencer ]
   * usr/lib/byobu/.constants:
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
index 3cdb1419..fdd5ea60 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-select-session
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sessions = []
 text = []
 i = 0
 
-output = commands.getoutput('%s -ls ', BYOBU_BACKEND)
+output = commands.getoutput('%s -ls ' % BYOBU_BACKEND)
 if output:
 	for s in output.split("\n"):
 		s = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', s)
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.common b/usr/lib/byobu/.common
index 0075676a..d0d3b571 100644
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.common
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.common
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 if [ -z "${BYOBU_INCLUDED_LIBS}" ]; then
+	. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/.dirs"
 	. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/.shutil"
 	. "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/.constants"
 	BYOBU_INCLUDED_LIBS=1
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
index e4db2060..92bcf820 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
@@ -20,30 +20,6 @@
 
 PKG="byobu"
 
-# Create and set the user configuration directory
-if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ] && mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$PKG"; then
-	export BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$PKG"
-elif mkdir -p "$HOME/.$PKG"; then
-	export BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.$PKG"
-fi
-
-# Grab the global, then local socket directory
-[ -r "/etc/$PKG/socketdir" ] && . "/etc/$PKG/socketdir"
-[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/socketdir" ] && . "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/socketdir"
-
-# Hopefully, we can make a runtime data directory in a tmpfs
-if [ -d "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ] && mkdir -p "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/$PKG"; then
-	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/$PKG"
-elif mkdir -p "$SOCKETDIR/S-$USER/$PKG" 2>/dev/null; then
-	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$SOCKETDIR/S-$USER/$PKG"
-elif mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache/$PKG"; then
-	# But if not, we'll use a cache directory
-	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$HOME/.cache/$PKG"
-fi
-
-# Some users build and install byobu themselves, rather than from a distro
-[ -n "$BYOBU_PREFIX" ] || BYOBU_PREFIX="/usr"
-
 # UTF8 support in the hardstatus is coming one day in Screen
 if [ "$UTF8" = "1" ]; then
 	ICON_C="℃"
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.dirs b/usr/lib/byobu/.dirs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0c28afee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    .dirs: some dirs needed by all library status scripts
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2011 Dustin Kirkland
+#
+#    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+PKG="byobu"
+
+# Some users build and install byobu themselves, rather than from a distro
+[ -n "$BYOBU_PREFIX" ] || BYOBU_PREFIX="/usr"
+
+# Create and export the user configuration directory
+if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ]; then
+	# Use XDG, as some users insist on such nonsense :-)
+	export BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$PKG"
+else
+	# But fall back to classic config dir location
+	export BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.$PKG"
+fi
+[ -d "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR" ] || mkdir -p "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR"
+
+# Grab the global, then local socket directory
+[ -r "/etc/$PKG/socketdir" ] && . "/etc/$PKG/socketdir"
+[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/socketdir" ] && . "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/socketdir"
+
+# Create and export the runtime cache directory
+if [ -d "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ]; then
+	# Use XDG, as some users insist on such nonsense :-)
+	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/$PKG"
+elif [ -d "$SOCKETDIR/S-$USER" ]; then
+	# But for FAR better performance, use a tmpfs if available
+	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$SOCKETDIR/S-$USER/$PKG"
+else
+	# But if not, we'll use a cache directory
+	export BYOBU_RUN_DIR="$HOME/.cache/$PKG"
+fi
+[ -d "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR" ] || mkdir -p "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR"
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
index c2aa797b..9ee94913 100644
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 libdirdir = $(prefix)/lib/@PACKAGE@
-libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  mem_available  mem_used  menu  network  .notify_osd  notify_osd  processes  raid  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality .common .constants .shutil
+libdir_SCRIPTS = apport  arch  battery  cpu_count  cpu_freq  cpu_temp  color  custom  date  disk  disk_io  ec2_cost  fan_speed  hostname  ip_address  load_average  logo  mail  mem_available  mem_used  menu  network  .notify_osd  notify_osd  processes  raid  rcs_cost  reboot_required  release  services  swap  time  time_binary time_utc trash updates_available  uptime  users  whoami  wifi_quality .common .constants .dirs .shutil
 
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
index e4f81544..18a0bb67 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ defutf8 on
 deflogin on
 
 backtick 10	9999999	9999999	byobu-janitor
+backtick 11	9999999 9999999	printf "\005-1="
+backtick 12	9999999 9999999	byobu-status color
+backtick 13	0       0	byobu-status notify_osd
+backtick 1000	0	0	run-this-one byobu-statusd
 backtick 1001	1	1	byobu-status-print 1
 backtick 1002	1	1	byobu-status-print 2
 backtick 1003	1	1	byobu-status-print 3
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ fit
 setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.ssh-agent
 
 # Window tabs, second to last line
-caption always "%12`%?%-Lw%50L>%?%{=r}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{-}%12`%?%+Lw%?%11` %=%12`%110`%109`%122`%111`%10`%<"
+caption always "%12`%1001`%?%-Lw%50L>%?%{=r}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{-}%12`%?%+Lw%?%11` %=%12`%1002`%10`%<"
 
 # Status string, last line
 hardstatus alwayslastline
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/status/1 b/usr/share/byobu/status/1
index e69de29b..9821353b 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/status/1
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/status/1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+color
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/status/2 b/usr/share/byobu/status/2
index e69de29b..cc48a25c 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/status/2
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/status/2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+whoami
+hostname
+ip_address
+menu