diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 updater :: Options -> BChan TrackitEvent -> IO ()
 updater opts@Options {..} updEv
   | incremental = do
-      writeBChan updEv Running
+      writeBChan updEv Start
       ls <- runLazyCMD opts
       mapM_ (writeBChan updEv . AddLine) ls
       writeBChan updEv Done
diff --git a/src/TUI.hs b/src/TUI.hs
--- a/src/TUI.hs
+++ b/src/TUI.hs
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
       ]
 
 data TrackitEvent
-  = Running             -- ^ An incremental command started running
+  = Running             -- ^ A non-incremental command started running
+  | Start               -- ^ An incremental command started running
   | Done                -- ^ An incremental command is done
   | AddLine Text        -- ^ An incremental command produced a line
   | UpdateBuffer [Text] -- ^ A non-incremental command finished with the given output
@@ -197,6 +198,9 @@
   -> AppState
   -> AppState
 stepState _ (AppEvent Running) _ s = s
+  { commandRunning = True
+  }
+stepState _ (AppEvent Start) _ s = s
   { commandOutput  = []
   , commandRunning = True
   , bufferWidth    = 0
diff --git a/trackit.cabal b/trackit.cabal
--- a/trackit.cabal
+++ b/trackit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                trackit
-version:             0.7.1
+version:             0.7.2
 synopsis:            A command-line tool for live monitoring
 description:         @trackit@ is a command-line tool that listens for changes
                      in a user-supplied directory. Whenever there is a change,