2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 250bc1d7..205ab7cc 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -227,13 +227,30 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QSettings &initSettings
   QWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile()->setPersistentStoragePath(m_OrganizerCore.settings().getCacheDirectory());
 
   ui->setupUi(this);
+  m_statusBar.reset(new StatusBar(statusBar(), ui));
 
   {
     auto* ni = NexusInterface::instance(&m_PluginContainer);
 
+    // there are two ways to get here:
+    //  1) the user just started MO, and
+    //  2) the user has changed some setting that required a restart
+    //
+    // "restarting" MO doesn't actually re-execute the binary, it just basically
+    // executes most of main() again, so a bunch of things are actually not
+    // reset
+    //
+    // one of these things is the api status, which will have fired its events
+    // long before the execution gets here because stuff is still cached and no
+    // real request to nexus is actually done
+    //
+    // therefore, when the user starts MO normally, the user account and stats
+    // will be empty (which is fine) and populated later on when the api key
+    // check has finished
+    //
+    // in the rare case where the user restarts MO through the settings, this
+    // will correctly pick up the previous values
     updateWindowTitle(ni->getAPIUserAccount());
-
-    m_statusBar.reset(new StatusBar(statusBar(), ui));
     m_statusBar->setAPI(ni->getAPIStats(), ni->getAPIUserAccount());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/statusbar.cpp b/src/statusbar.cpp
index 8502802a..01449202 100644
--- a/src/statusbar.cpp
+++ b/src/statusbar.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ StatusBar::StatusBar(QStatusBar* bar, Ui::MainWindow* ui) :
   m_notifications->set(false);
 
   m_api->setObjectName("apistats");
+  m_api->setToolTip(QObject::tr(
+    "This tracks the number of queued Nexus API requests, as well as the "
+    "remaining daily and hourly requests. The Nexus API limits you to a pool "
+    "of requests per day and requests per hour. It is dynamically updated "
+    "every time a request is completed. If you run out of requests, you will "
+    "be unable to queue downloads, check updates, parse mod info, or even log "
+    "in. Both pools must be consumed before this happens."));
 
   m_bar->clearMessage();
   setProgress(-1);