diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/config/init-aws.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/config/init-aws.el
index f0514be..bd029af 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/config/init-aws.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/config/init-aws.el
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     (setq mode-line-misc-info
           (delete '(:eval (format "AWS:%s " (or aws-current-profile "default")))
                   mode-line-misc-info))))
+(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'aws-modeline-mode)
 
 ;; A dired interface to S3
 (use-package s3ed