diff --git a/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee b/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
index 9027afd36..6751ae5c7 100644
--- a/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe "StatusBar", ->
 
     # updating the status bar is asynchronous for performance reasons
     # for testing purposes, make it synchronous
-    spyOn(_, 'defer').andCallFake (fn) -> fn()
+    spyOn(_, 'delay').andCallFake (fn) -> fn()
 
   afterEach ->
     rootView.remove()
diff --git a/src/app/status-bar.coffee b/src/app/status-bar.coffee
index 5de9ac79f..f24feb2d3 100644
--- a/src/app/status-bar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/status-bar.coffee
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ class StatusBar extends View
       @updatePathText()
 
     @updateCursorPositionText()
-    @editor.on 'cursor-move', => _.defer => @updateCursorPositionText()
+    @editor.on 'cursor-move', => _.delay (=> @updateCursorPositionText()), 50
 
     @subscribeToBuffer()
 
   subscribeToBuffer: ->
     @buffer?.off '.status-bar'
     @buffer = @editor.getBuffer()
-    @buffer.on 'change.status-bar', => _.defer => @updateBufferModifiedText()
-    @buffer.on 'after-save.status-bar', => _.defer => @updateBufferModifiedText()
+    @buffer.on 'change.status-bar', => _.delay (=> @updateBufferModifiedText()), 50
+    @buffer.on 'after-save.status-bar', => _.delay (=> @updateBufferModifiedText()), 50
     @updateBufferModifiedText()
 
   updateBufferModifiedText: ->