diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index 13fd3147556c3d3959e557ea6429d1826a2252d9..c8bf39118f9a4365d574291a7684c52028f69d65 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -625,7 +625,6 @@ void MainWindow::showStatusBarCallback(bool checked)
 {
     _showStatusBar = checked;
     checked ? statusBar()->show() : statusBar()->hide();
-    _ui.actionStatusBar->setText(checked ? "Hide Status Bar" : "Show Status Bar");
 }
 
 void MainWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event)
diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.ui b/src/ui/MainWindow.ui
index 4f85f736c772b3573d78fabbe0653d4135907f78..5cd863f9cd276f050a91e915c85528934abf3bbf 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.ui
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
     <bool>true</bool>
    </property>
    <property name="text">
-    <string>Status Bar</string>
+    <string>Show Status Bar</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="actionExperimentalPlanView">