diff --git a/ncdc/include/ncdc/textview.h b/ncdc/include/ncdc/textview.h
index 933cfb4..42eb00e 100644
--- a/ncdc/include/ncdc/textview.h
+++ b/ncdc/include/ncdc/textview.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ void ncdc_textview_set_account(ncdc_textview_t v, dc_account_t a);
 dc_channel_t ncdc_textview_channel(ncdc_textview_t v);
 void ncdc_textview_set_channel(ncdc_textview_t v, dc_channel_t a);
 
+wchar_t const *ncdc_textview_title(ncdc_textview_t v);
+void ncdc_textview_set_title(ncdc_textview_t v, wchar_t const *w);
+
 void ncdc_textview_append(ncdc_textview_t v, wchar_t const *w);
 wchar_t const *ncdc_textview_nthline(ncdc_textview_t v, size_t i);
 void ncdc_textview_render(ncdc_textview_t v, WINDOW *win, int lines, int cols);
diff --git a/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c b/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
index 74b9a6e..25696ca 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ ncdc_mainwindow_t ncdc_mainwindow_new(void)
         (GDestroyNotify)dc_unref
         );
     ptr->log = ncdc_textview_new();
+    ncdc_textview_set_title(ptr->log, L"status");
     g_ptr_array_add(ptr->views, ptr->log);
 
     ptr->guilds = newwin(5, 5, 1, 1);
@@ -190,6 +191,8 @@ static void ncdc_mainwindow_render_status(ncdc_mainwindow_t n)
     time_t tm = time(NULL);
     struct tm *t = localtime(&tm);
     FILE *f = open_wmemstream(&status, &statuslen);
+    wchar_t const *wintitle = NULL;
+    ncdc_textview_t view = NULL;
 
     werase(n->sep1);
     return_if_true(f == NULL,);
@@ -203,7 +206,11 @@ static void ncdc_mainwindow_render_status(ncdc_mainwindow_t n)
         fwprintf(f, L" [%s]", dc_account_fullname(current_account));
     }
 
-    fwprintf(f, L" [%d]", n->curview);
+    view = g_ptr_array_index(n->views, n->curview);
+    wintitle = ncdc_textview_title(view);
+    fwprintf(f, L" [%d: %ls]", n->curview,
+             (wintitle != NULL ? wintitle : L"n/a")
+        );
     fclose(f);
 
     mvwaddwstr(n->sep1, 0, 0, status);
diff --git a/ncdc/src/textview.c b/ncdc/src/textview.c
index 4b5202b..b110f5c 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/textview.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/textview.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct ncdc_textview_
     dc_refable_t ref;
 
     GPtrArray *par;
+    wchar_t *title;
 
     dc_account_t account;
     dc_channel_t channel;
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ static void ncdc_textview_free(ncdc_textview_t v)
 {
     return_if_true(v == NULL,);
 
+    free(v->title);
+    v->title = NULL;
+
     dc_unref(v->account);
     dc_unref(v->channel);
 
@@ -38,7 +42,44 @@ ncdc_textview_t ncdc_textview_new(void)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return p;
+    return dc_ref(p);
+}
+
+static void ncdc_textview_maketitle(ncdc_textview_t v)
+{
+    size_t i = 0;
+    wchar_t *buf = NULL;
+    size_t buflen = 0;
+    FILE *f = open_wmemstream(&buf, &buflen);
+    size_t rlen = dc_channel_recipients(v->channel);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < rlen; i++) {
+        dc_account_t r = dc_channel_nthrecipient(v->channel, i);
+        fwprintf(f, L"%s", dc_account_fullname(r));
+        if (i < (rlen-1)) {
+            fwprintf(f, L",");
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(f);
+
+    free(v->title);
+    v->title = buf;
+}
+
+wchar_t const *ncdc_textview_title(ncdc_textview_t v)
+{
+    if (v->title == NULL && v->channel != NULL) {
+        ncdc_textview_maketitle(v);
+    }
+
+    return v->title;
+}
+
+void ncdc_textview_set_title(ncdc_textview_t v, wchar_t const *w)
+{
+    free(v->title);
+    v->title = wcsdup(w);
 }
 
 dc_account_t ncdc_textview_account(ncdc_textview_t v)
@@ -98,7 +139,7 @@ void ncdc_textview_render(ncdc_textview_t v, WINDOW *win, int lines, int cols)
 
     werase(win);
 
-    if (v->par->len == 0) {
+    if (v->par == NULL || v->par->len == 0) {
         return;
     }