diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index 1e33c06899b923c5288c2df3b6049e5871f0b62d..e40edace403b1cca4183f5475e7229e619a1fe46 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ 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)