diff --git a/oni-circe.el b/oni-circe.el
index 0f3c4ec..ed31906 100644
--- a/oni-circe.el
+++ b/oni-circe.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
 ;; Keywords: local
-;; Version: 2022.0826.220512
+;; Version: 2022.0826.235722
 ;; Package-Requires: (circe oni-lui circe-serenity olivetti)
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ which may be encrypted."
                               (oni-circe-colorize oni-circe-tracking-buffers)
                             (mapconcat #'oni-circe-colorize oni-circe-tracking-buffers))))))
 
+(defun oni-circe-tracking-clear ()
+  (shell-command "polybar-msg action circe send \"\"")) ;
+
 (defun oni-circe-polybar-tracking (orig-fun &rest args)
   "Update my external status bar when tracking computes a new status line.
 
@@ -146,5 +149,7 @@ updater once within a minimum duration."
 
 (add-hook 'circe-channel-mode-hook 'olivetti-mode)
 
+(add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'oni-circe-tracking-clear)
+
 (provide 'oni-circe)
 ;;; oni-circe.el ends here