diff --git a/apps/recorder/radio.c b/apps/recorder/radio.c
index d576755ae7..0e43cc6735 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/radio.c
+++ b/apps/recorder/radio.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ int radio_screen(void)
     in_screen = true;
 
     /* always display status bar in radio screen for now */
+    global_status.statusbar_forced = statusbar?0:1;
     global_settings.statusbar = true;
     FOR_NB_SCREENS(i)
     {
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ int radio_screen(void)
 
     /* restore status bar settings */
     global_settings.statusbar = statusbar;
-
+    global_status.statusbar_forced = 0;
     in_screen = false;
 #if CONFIG_CODEC != SWCODEC
     return have_recorded;
diff --git a/apps/settings.c b/apps/settings.c
index 2814a6f57a..26b9434ba4 100644
--- a/apps/settings.c
+++ b/apps/settings.c
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ static bool settings_write_config(char* filename, int options)
     fd = open(filename,O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
         return false;
+#if CONFIG_TUNER
+    bool statusbar = global_settings.statusbar;
+    if (global_status.statusbar_forced != 0 && statusbar)
+        global_settings.statusbar = false;
+#endif
     fdprintf(fd, "# .cfg file created by rockbox %s - "
                  "http://www.rockbox.org\r\n\r\n", appsversion);
     for(i=0; i<nb_settings; i++)
@@ -536,6 +541,9 @@ static bool settings_write_config(char* filename, int options)
             fdprintf(fd,"%s: %s\r\n",settings[i].cfg_name,value);
     } /* for(...) */
     close(fd);
+#if CONFIG_TUNER
+    global_settings.statusbar = statusbar;
+#endif
     return true;
 }
 #ifndef HAVE_RTC_RAM
diff --git a/apps/settings.h b/apps/settings.h
index 3ae9ef0221..f365e16ef5 100644
--- a/apps/settings.h
+++ b/apps/settings.h
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ struct system_status
 #if CONFIG_TUNER
     int last_frequency;  /* Last frequency for resuming, in FREQ_STEP units,
                             relative to MIN_FREQ */
+    int statusbar_forced; /* fix the bug where the statusbar would stay shown
+                              if powered off inside the fm screen...
+                              for some reason the screen doesnt use global_settings.statusbar
+                              obviously a better fix is to fix the screen... so remove this
+                              when that happens */
 #endif
     char last_screen;
     int  viewer_icon_count;
diff --git a/apps/settings_list.c b/apps/settings_list.c
index ef4e6be5b1..9d74514088 100644
--- a/apps/settings_list.c
+++ b/apps/settings_list.c
@@ -1175,6 +1175,9 @@ const struct settings_list settings[] = {
                 3, "list_accel_wait", UNIT_SEC, 1, 10, 1, 
                 scanaccel_formatter, getlang_unit_0_is_off, NULL),
 #endif /* HAVE_SCROLLWHEEL */
+#if CONFIG_TUNER
+    SYSTEM_SETTING(0, statusbar_forced, 0),
+#endif
 };
 
 const int nb_settings = sizeof(settings)/sizeof(*settings);