diff --git a/visidata/threads.py b/visidata/threads.py
index 347516561..f812cf0db 100644
--- a/visidata/threads.py
+++ b/visidata/threads.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, tb):
                 vd.threads.remove(self.thread)
             else:
                 if self.thread.sheet:
-                    if vd.options.disp_expert or vd.options.profile:
+                    if vd.options.disp_expert < 0 or vd.options.profile:
                         vd.status(f'[:bold]{self.thread.sheet.name[:32]}.{self.thread.name}[/] finished in {elapsed_s(self.thread):.1f}s')
                 if vd.options.profile:
                     self.thread.profile.dump_stats(f'{self.thread.name}.pyprof')