diff --git a/conkerorrc b/conkerorrc
index 6f02b46..ea8c7f7 100644
--- a/conkerorrc
+++ b/conkerorrc
@@ -44,7 +44,41 @@ session_auto_save_file = "auto-save-session.conkeror";
 hints_auto_exit_delay = 400;
 hints_ambiguous_auto_exit_delay = 2000;
 
-// C-j toggles Javascript support on and off, displays status of it in minibuffer
+// require("noscript");
+// While we wait for noscript support to be fixed:
+//   C-j toggles Javascript support on and off, displays status of it in minibuffer
+
+//   The below first creates a mode_line_hook to always display in the modeline if
+//   Javascript is enabled.
+
+require("pref");
+var global_update_mode_line_for_javascript;
+var global_watch_mode_line_for_javascript;
+
+function javascript_status_widget (window) {
+    this.class_name = "javascript-status-widget";
+    text_widget.call(this, window);
+    var obj = this;
+    this.do_update = function () {
+        obj.update();
+        watch_pref("javascript.enabled", obj.do_update);
+    }
+    global_update_mode_line_for_javascript =
+        function () {  obj.do_update();};
+    global_watch_mode_line_for_javascript =
+       function () {  watch_pref("javascript.enabled", obj.do_update);};
+    global_watch_mode_line_for_javascript();
+}
+javascript_status_widget.prototype = {
+    constructor: javascript_status_widget,
+    __proto__: text_widget.prototype,
+    update: function () {
+         this.view.text = (get_pref("javascript.enabled")) ?
+                           "Javascript: ENABLED!" : "";
+    }
+};
+add_hook("mode_line_hook", mode_line_adder(javascript_status_widget), true);
+// Then, the maps C-j to toggle javascript on and off.
 interactive("toggle-js", "toggle javascript",
     function (I) {
         var js_pref = "javascript.enabled";
@@ -52,7 +86,6 @@ interactive("toggle-js", "toggle javascript",
         js_val = ! js_val;
         session_pref(js_pref, js_val);
         I.window.minibuffer.show("JavaScript Status: " + (js_val ? "on" : "off"));
+        global_update_mode_line_for_javascript();
 });
 define_key(default_global_keymap, "C-j", "toggle-js");
-
-// require("noscript");