diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/history_window.py b/plugins/gtkgui/history_window.py
index 1eaa673135a7d65a3f04550310e9c577f861da88..5d08c7c287c3cd98b8b3aa7f4ff1eecc73ad3c60 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/history_window.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/history_window.py
@@ -156,4 +156,5 @@ class history_window:
 		tagStatus = self.history_buffer.create_tag('status')
 		color = self.plugin.config['statusmsgcolor']
 		tagStatus.set_property('foreground', color)
+		self.window.show_all()
 		self.plugin.send('LOG_NB_LINE', None, jid)