diff --git a/pkg/gui/app_status_manager.go b/pkg/gui/app_status_manager.go
index 9aee3fa11..577dcb37d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/app_status_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/app_status_manager.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package gui
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -49,15 +51,24 @@ func (m *statusManager) getStatusString() string {
 // WithWaitingStatus wraps a function and shows a waiting status while the function is still executing
 func (gui *Gui) WithWaitingStatus(name string, f func() error) error {
 	go func() {
-		gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
-			gui.statusManager.addWaitingStatus(name)
-			return nil
-		})
+		gui.statusManager.addWaitingStatus(name)
 
-		defer gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+		defer func() {
 			gui.statusManager.removeStatus(name)
-			return nil
-		})
+		}()
+
+		go func() {
+			for range time.Tick(time.Millisecond * 50) {
+				appStatus := gui.statusManager.getStatusString()
+				gui.Log.Warn(appStatus)
+				if appStatus == "" {
+					return
+				}
+				if err := gui.renderString(gui.g, "appStatus", appStatus); err != nil {
+					gui.Log.Warn(err)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
 
 		if err := f(); err != nil {
 			gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 6107c456f..c419f5dc9 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if appStatusView, err := g.SetView("appStatus", hiddenViewOffset, hiddenViewOffset, hiddenViewOffset+10, hiddenViewOffset+10, 0); err != nil {
+	if appStatusView, err := g.SetView("appStatus", -1, height-2, width, height, 0); err != nil {
 		if err.Error() != "unknown view" {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -776,14 +776,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) fetch(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View, canAskForCredentials bool) (u
 	return unamePassOpend, err
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) renderAppStatus() error {
-	appStatus := gui.statusManager.getStatusString()
-	if appStatus != "" {
-		return gui.renderString(gui.g, "appStatus", appStatus)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (gui *Gui) renderGlobalOptions() error {
 	return gui.renderOptionsMap(map[string]string{
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", gui.getKeyDisplay("universal.scrollUpMain"), gui.getKeyDisplay("universal.scrollDownMain")):                                                                                 gui.Tr.SLocalize("scroll"),
@@ -862,7 +854,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) Run() error {
 	}
 
 	gui.goEvery(time.Second*10, gui.stopChan, gui.refreshFiles)
-	gui.goEvery(time.Millisecond*50, gui.stopChan, gui.renderAppStatus)
 
 	g.SetManager(gocui.ManagerFunc(gui.layout), gocui.ManagerFunc(gui.getFocusLayout()))