diff --git a/extensions/alternative-status-menu/extension.js b/extensions/alternative-status-menu/extension.js
index 3e542ef9..6746a036 100644
--- a/extensions/alternative-status-menu/extension.js
+++ b/extensions/alternative-status-menu/extension.js
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ function reset(statusMenu) {
     statusMenu._updateLogout();
     statusMenu._updateLockScreen();
 
-    statusMenu._presence.getStatus(Lang.bind(statusMenu, statusMenu._updateSwitch));
-
-    // HACK! Obtain the IMStatusChooserItem and force a _updateUser
-    statusMenu.menu._getMenuItems()[0]._updateUser();
+    statusMenu._updateSwitch(statusMenu._presence.status);
 }
 
 function enable() {
@@ -126,4 +123,4 @@ function disable() {
     statusMenu.menu.removeAll();
     statusMenu._createSubMenu();
     reset(statusMenu);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/extensions/alternative-status-menu/metadata.json.in b/extensions/alternative-status-menu/metadata.json.in
index 91bb82f2..3c3c286c 100644
--- a/extensions/alternative-status-menu/metadata.json.in
+++ b/extensions/alternative-status-menu/metadata.json.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "uuid": "@uuid@",
  "name": "Alternative Status Menu",
  "description": "Replaces GNOME Shell Status Menu with one showing Suspend/Hibernate and Power Off as separate items",
- "shell-version": [ "@shell_current@", "3.2" ],
+ "shell-version": [ "@shell_current@" ],
  "localedir": "@LOCALEDIR@",
  "url": "@url@"
 }