diff --git a/default-plugins/status-bar/src/main.rs b/default-plugins/status-bar/src/main.rs
index 027425a3ae..9a110310af 100644
--- a/default-plugins/status-bar/src/main.rs
+++ b/default-plugins/status-bar/src/main.rs
@@ -248,10 +248,26 @@ impl ZellijPlugin for State {
         // [m is background reset, [0K is so that it clears the rest of the line
         match background {
             PaletteColor::Rgb((r, g, b)) => {
-                println!("{}\u{1b}[48;2;{};{};{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, r, g, b);
+                if rows > 1 {
+                    println!("{}\u{1b}[48;2;{};{};{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, r, g, b);
+                } else {
+                    if self.mode_info.mode == InputMode::Normal {
+                        print!("{}\u{1b}[48;2;{};{};{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, r, g, b);
+                    } else {
+                        print!("\u{1b}[m{}\u{1b}[0K", second_line);
+                    }
+                }
             },
             PaletteColor::EightBit(color) => {
-                println!("{}\u{1b}[48;5;{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, color);
+                if rows > 1 {
+                    println!("{}\u{1b}[48;5;{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, color);
+                } else {
+                    if self.mode_info.mode == InputMode::Normal {
+                        print!("{}\u{1b}[48;5;{}m\u{1b}[0K", first_line, color);
+                    } else {
+                        print!("\u{1b}[m{}\u{1b}[0K", second_line);
+                    }
+                }
             },
         }