diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84531bc..f202bff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ i wrote the initial version on an airplane, and since it's light as air it turne
 
 # faq/troubleshooting
 
-1.  the powerline font symbols are not showing up
+*  the powerline font symbols are not showing up
   *  the older deprecated [vim-powerline][a] uses different codes compared to the newer [powerline][b].
   *  you can grab prepatched fonts at [powerline-fonts][c], or you can manually set the relevant `g:` variables
-2.  there is a pause when leaving insert mode
+*  there is a pause when leaving insert mode
   *  you need to set `ttimeoutlen` to a low number; 50 is recommended
-3.  you get the error `Unknown function: fugitive#head`
+*  you get the error `Unknown function: fugitive#head`
   *  you are probably using version 1.2, which is very old...download v2 from the [project page][d].
-4.  airline doesn't appear until i create a new split
+*  airline doesn't appear until i create a new split
   *  add `set laststatus=2` to your vimrc
+*  bufferline is printing to the statusline as well as the command bar
+  *  you can disable automatic echoing by adding `let g:bufferline_echo = 0` to your vimrc
 
 # bugs
 
diff --git a/plugin/airline.vim b/plugin/airline.vim
index 3df0324..ed0d6c3 100644
--- a/plugin/airline.vim
+++ b/plugin/airline.vim
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ call s:check_defined('g:airline_modified_detection', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_exclude_filenames', ['DebuggerWatch','DebuggerStack','DebuggerStatus'])
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_exclude_filetypes', ['qf','netrw','diff','undotree','gundo','nerdtree','tagbar'])
 
-if g:airline_enable_bufferline
-  let g:bufferline_echo = 0
-endif
-
 let s:is_win32term = (has('win32') || has('win64')) && !has('gui_running')
 let s:load_the_theme = g:airline#themes#{g:airline_theme}#normal
 
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ function! s:highlight(modes)
         if s:is_win32term
           let colors = map(colors, 'v:val != "" && v:val > 128 ? v:val - 128 : v:val')
         endif
-        let cmd = printf('hi %s %s %s %s %s %s %s',
+        exec printf('hi %s %s %s %s %s %s %s',
               \ s:airline_highlight_map[key],
               \ colors[0] != '' ? 'guifg='.colors[0] : '',
               \ colors[1] != '' ? 'guibg='.colors[1] : '',
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@ function! s:highlight(modes)
               \ colors[3] != '' ? 'ctermbg='.colors[3] : '',
               \ colors[4] != '' ? 'gui='.colors[4] : '',
               \ colors[4] != '' ? 'term='.colors[4] : '')
-        exec cmd
       endif
     endfor
   endfor