diff --git a/App_Main.py b/App_Main.py
index 7ba782ab..9e43fc29 100644
--- a/App_Main.py
+++ b/App_Main.py
@@ -5148,14 +5148,6 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
             self.ui.pref_status_label.setStyleSheet("")
         else:
             self.on_preferences()
-            self.ui.pref_status_label.setStyleSheet("""
-                                                    QLabel
-                                                    {
-                                                        color: black;
-                                                        background-color: lightseagreen;
-                                                    }
-                                                    """
-                                                    )
 
     def on_preferences(self):
         """
@@ -5175,6 +5167,15 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.ui.plot_tab_area.setCurrentWidget(self.ui.preferences_tab)
         # self.ui.show()
 
+        self.ui.pref_status_label.setStyleSheet("""
+                                                            QLabel
+                                                            {
+                                                                color: black;
+                                                                background-color: lightseagreen;
+                                                            }
+                                                            """
+                                                )
+
         # detect changes in the preferences
         for idx in range(self.ui.pref_tab_area.count()):
             for tb in self.ui.pref_tab_area.widget(idx).findChildren(QtCore.QObject):
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index becbfde0..687ac30d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - minor issue in Paint Tool
 - added a new feature for Gerber parsing: if the NO buffering is chosen in the Gerber Advanced Preferences there is now a checkbox to activate delayed buffering which will do the buffering in background allowing the user to work in between. I hope that this can be useful in case of large Gerber files.
 - made the delayed Gerber buffering to use multiprocessing but I see not much performance increase
+- made sure that the status bar label for preferences is updated also when the Preferences Tab is opened from the Edit -> Preferences
 
 2.06.2020