diff -r 379cec6119ea -r ccd9672f9636 src/gaimrc.c
--- a/src/gaimrc.c	Tue Jul 08 23:07:13 2003 +0000
+++ b/src/gaimrc.c	Tue Jul 08 23:48:10 2003 +0000
@@ -337,8 +337,10 @@
 		if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f))
 			return;
 
-		if (buf[0] == '}')
+		if (buf[0] == '}') {
+			gaim_status_sync();
 			return;
+		}
 
 		p = parse_line(buf, &parse_buffer);
 		if (!strcmp(p->option, "message")) {
@@ -361,6 +363,7 @@
 		g_snprintf(a->message, sizeof(a->message), "%s", BORING_DEFAULT_AWAY_MSG);
 		away_messages = g_slist_append(away_messages, a);
 	}
+	gaim_status_sync();
 }
 
 /*