diff --git a/eyebrowse.el b/eyebrowse.el
index 9f4d331..a512286 100644
--- a/eyebrowse.el
+++ b/eyebrowse.el
@@ -489,12 +489,10 @@ behaviour of `ranger`, a file manager."
         ;; emacs and emacsclient
         (eyebrowse-init)
         (add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions 'eyebrowse-init)
-        (setq mode-line-misc-info
-              (-snoc mode-line-misc-info
-                     '(:eval (eyebrowse--update-mode-line)))))
-    (remove-hook 'after-make-frame-functions 'eyebrowse-init)
-    (setq mode-line-misc-info
-          (remove '(:eval (eyebrowse--update-mode-line)) mode-line-misc-info))))
+        (unless (assoc 'eyebrowse-mode mode-line-misc-info)
+          (push '(eyebrowse-mode (:eval (eyebrowse--update-mode-line)))
+                (cdr (last mode-line-misc-info)))))
+    (remove-hook 'after-make-frame-functions 'eyebrowse-init)))
 
 (provide 'eyebrowse)