diff --git a/modules/github/display.go b/modules/github/display.go
index e3241d61..d896f51c 100644
--- a/modules/github/display.go
+++ b/modules/github/display.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ func (widget *Widget) display() {
 
 func (widget *Widget) content() (string, string, bool) {
 	repo := widget.currentGithubRepo()
+	widget.Unselect()
+
 	title := fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", widget.CommonSettings().Title, widget.title(repo))
 	if repo == nil {
 		return title, " GitHub repo data is unavailable ", false
diff --git a/modules/github/widget.go b/modules/github/widget.go
index dce52c3a..8a2f6403 100644
--- a/modules/github/widget.go
+++ b/modules/github/widget.go
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ func (widget *Widget) Prev() {
 
 func (widget *Widget) Unselect() {
 	widget.Selected = -1
-	if widget.DisplayFunction != nil {
-		widget.SetDisplayFunction(widget.display)
-	}
 }
 
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {