diff --git a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
index e9b7b80..fcb4e8a 100644
--- a/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
+++ b/src/ui/bigtext/bigtext.py
@@ -454,10 +454,13 @@ class InnerBigText(QWidget):
         self.highlight_selected_text.set_query("")
 
     def _update_status_bar(self, start_byte: int, end_byte: int):
-        bytes_human_readable = humanbytes(end_byte - start_byte)
-        PluginRegistry.execute("update_status_bar",
-                               _("selected {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}").format(bytes_human_readable, start_byte,
-                                                                            end_byte - 1))
+        if end_byte - start_byte > 0:
+            bytes_human_readable = humanbytes(end_byte - start_byte)
+            PluginRegistry.execute("update_status_bar",
+                                   _("selected {0} - {1:,.0f}:{2:,.0f}").format(bytes_human_readable, start_byte,
+                                                                                end_byte - 1))
+        else:
+            PluginRegistry.execute("update_status_bar", _(""))
 
     def _file_changed(self):
         if self._follow_tail: