diff --git a/plugins/devel/renderer-msg.cpp b/plugins/devel/renderer-msg.cpp
index e6a33114f..1f26886c6 100644
--- a/plugins/devel/renderer-msg.cpp
+++ b/plugins/devel/renderer-msg.cpp
@@ -23,13 +23,33 @@ struct scdata {
 };
 
 struct renderer_msg : public Renderer::renderer_wrap {
-    virtual void update_tile (int32_t x, int32_t y) {
-        static std::string str = std::string("DFHack: ") + plugin_name + " active";
-        Screen::paintString(Screen::Pen(' ', 9, 0), 0, gps->dimy - 1, str);
-        for (int32_t i = 0; i < gps->dimx; ++i)
-            ((scdata*)screen)[i * gps->dimy + gps->dimy - 1].bg = 2;
+    bool message_dirty = true;  // force redraw when renderer is installed
+
+    virtual void update_tile(int32_t x, int32_t y) override {
+        draw_message();
         renderer_wrap::update_tile(x, y);
-    };
+    }
+
+    virtual void update_all() override {
+        draw_message();
+        renderer_wrap::update_all();
+    }
+
+    virtual void render() override {
+        message_dirty = true;
+        renderer_wrap::render();
+    }
+
+    void draw_message() {
+        if (message_dirty) {
+            static std::string str = std::string("DFHack: ") + plugin_name + " active";
+            Screen::paintString(Screen::Pen(' ', COLOR_LIGHTCYAN, COLOR_GREEN), 0, gps->dimy - 1, str);
+            for (int32_t i = 0; i < gps->dimx; ++i)
+                ((scdata*)screen)[i * gps->dimy + gps->dimy - 1].bg = 2;
+
+            message_dirty = false;
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init (color_ostream &out, std::vector <PluginCommand> &commands)
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index 6a66be4fa..f37c0d022 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6a66be4facd1d5a7b3ab4cb61c34c678d19e0795
+Subproject commit f37c0d022135ca10fb5375c4e56e11215bf208ae