diff --git a/widgets/FoxLogWindow.ui b/widgets/FoxLogWindow.ui
index 220c5eca5..2d2907674 100644
--- a/widgets/FoxLogWindow.ui
+++ b/widgets/FoxLogWindow.ui
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="rate_label">
        <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size:small; color:#222222; background-color:#ffffff;&quot;&gt;Last 10: Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 10 QSOs.&lt;br/&gt;Last 100:  Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 100 QSOs. &lt;br/&gt;Last 60m: Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 60 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last 10: Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 10 QSOs.&lt;br/&gt;Last 100:  Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 100 QSOs. &lt;br/&gt;Last 60m: Average rate (QSOs/hour) for the last 60 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>N</string>
diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index a6eb2e583..fdf8c9762 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1084,6 +1084,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QDir const& temp_directory, bool multiple,
   ui->labDXped->setStyleSheet("QLabel {background-color: red; color: white;}");
   ui->pbBestSP->setVisible(m_mode=="FT4");
 
+  update_foxLogWindow_rate(); // update the rate on the window
+
   QString jpleph = m_config.data_dir().absoluteFilePath("JPLEPH");
   jpl_setup_(const_cast<char *>(jpleph.toLocal8Bit().constData()),256);
 
@@ -1145,7 +1147,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_the_minute ()
   } else {
     tx_watchdog (false);
   }
-  MainWindow::update_foxLogWindow_rate(); // update the rate on the window
+  update_foxLogWindow_rate(); // update the rate on the window
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------- MainWindow destructor
@@ -10073,7 +10075,7 @@ Transmit:
 
   if (m_foxLogWindow)
     {
-      MainWindow::update_foxLogWindow_rate();
+      update_foxLogWindow_rate();
       m_foxLogWindow->queued (m_foxQSOinProgress.count ());
     }
   updateFoxQSOsInProgressDisplay();