doc/news.texi |  7 +++++++
 log.go        | 16 +++++++---------
 status.go     |  4 ++--
 usage.go      |  2 +-

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index d4dc54ca36c1682dee89fa85abb166697b402de5f7435b8bba86ac4ba746f074..117556361c1b1569adf23a21b81d6d382e3ad1876c312cf11ad0e95599fed174 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 @node News
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 1.4.1}
+@section Release 1.4.1
+@itemize
+@item
+    Even more simpler statusline cleaning function.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 1.4.0}
 @section Release 1.4.0
 @itemize
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index 81e22f42ca3fcddca9ada989b950856787f1c7febd469e55a93b32378ab44e3c..3ebe81b7e1b136758adf6dc965a22f436b38f64cb9c3a51330b676d1fcd07681 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ 	flagLogJS      = flag.Bool("log-js", false, fmt.Sprintf("enable jobserver messages logging (%s=1)", EnvLogJS))
 
 	LogMutex     sync.Mutex
 	KeyEraseLine string
-	LogWasStatus bool
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -88,10 +87,10 @@ 	KeyEraseLine = fmt.Sprintf("%s[K", CReset[0:1])
 }
 
 func erasedStatus(s, end string) string {
-	if LogWasStatus {
-		s += KeyEraseLine
+	if NoProgress {
+		return s + end
 	}
-	return s + end
+	return s + KeyEraseLine + end
 }
 
 func trace(level, format string, args ...interface{}) {
@@ -101,10 +100,9 @@ 		p = fmt.Sprintf("[%d] ", MyPid)
 	}
 	switch level {
 	case CNone:
-		p = StderrPrefix + p + fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
+		p = erasedStatus(StderrPrefix+p+fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), "\n")
 		LogMutex.Lock()
-		os.Stderr.WriteString(erasedStatus(p, "\n"))
-		LogWasStatus = false
+		os.Stderr.WriteString(p)
 		LogMutex.Unlock()
 		return
 	case CDebug:
@@ -139,9 +137,9 @@ 		p += "warn "
 	}
 	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
 	msg = StderrPrefix + colourize(level, p+strings.Repeat(". ", Level)+msg)
+	msg = erasedStatus(msg, "\n")
 	LogMutex.Lock()
-	os.Stderr.WriteString(erasedStatus(msg, "\n"))
-	LogWasStatus = false
+	os.Stderr.WriteString(msg)
 	LogMutex.Unlock()
 }
 
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 3795c330a841346a9686ed9664e2c1d7b4b416dba2058b0d4d47fe46bd2bb734..d0146f6622e1d877ec615c81c42d3f7925e618febf9e2c7c25895efc87916800 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ 					CWait, waiting, CReset,
 					CJS, done, CReset,
 				)
 			}
+			out = erasedStatus(out, "\r")
 			LogMutex.Lock()
-			os.Stderr.WriteString(erasedStatus(out, "\r"))
-			LogWasStatus = true
+			os.Stderr.WriteString(out)
 			LogMutex.Unlock()
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
index 406d5c23cf4c42a94548f8053c3703125b8233981130de39a1cf94bd394d4b5a..5b12090499be53372e2ea1af310b9bf40622ca61334cd866af0be7bd6425a25d 100644
--- a/usage.go
+++ b/usage.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 	"os"
 )
 
 const (
-	Version  = "1.4.0"
+	Version  = "1.4.1"
 	Warranty = `Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Sergey Matveev
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify