diff --git a/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c b/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
index 0257e5a43..06ce24f76 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,8 @@ gui_bar_item_hook_signal (const char *signal, const char *item)
 void
 gui_bar_item_init ()
 {
+    char name[128];
+    
     /* input paste */
     gui_bar_item_new (NULL,
                       gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_INPUT_PASTE],
@@ -1743,8 +1745,9 @@ gui_bar_item_init ()
                               gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_NICKLIST]);
     gui_bar_item_hook_signal ("buffer_switch",
                               gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_NICKLIST]);
-    hook_focus (NULL, gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_NICKLIST],
-                &gui_bar_item_focus_buffer_nicklist, NULL);
+    snprintf (name, sizeof (name), "2000|%s",
+              gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_NICKLIST]);
+    hook_focus (NULL, name, &gui_bar_item_focus_buffer_nicklist, NULL);
     
     /* window number */
     gui_bar_item_new (NULL,
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-bar-item.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-bar-item.c
index 9625b3cfa..633db73c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-bar-item.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-bar-item.c
@@ -554,6 +554,6 @@ irc_bar_item_init ()
     weechat_bar_item_new ("irc_channel", &irc_bar_item_channel, NULL);
     weechat_bar_item_new ("lag", &irc_bar_item_lag, NULL);
     weechat_bar_item_new ("input_prompt", &irc_bar_item_input_prompt, NULL);
-    weechat_hook_focus ("500|buffer_nicklist",
+    weechat_hook_focus ("buffer_nicklist",
                         &irc_bar_item_focus_buffer_nicklist, NULL);
 }