diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
index 86d3bb5b7..4dfbb18e8 100644
--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -6326,8 +6326,8 @@ void MainWindow::acceptQSO (QDateTime const& QSO_date_off, QString const& call,
     al.band=band;
     al.points=points;
     m_arrl_log.append(al);
+    updateRate();
   }
-  updateRate();
   m_xSent.clear ();
   m_xRcvd.clear ();
   if (m_config.clear_DXcall ()) ui->dxCallEntry->clear ();