diff --git a/modules/tools/magit/config.el b/modules/tools/magit/config.el
index 9bff04917..6ae496461 100644
--- a/modules/tools/magit/config.el
+++ b/modules/tools/magit/config.el
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ It is passed a user and repository name.")
            (not (eq major-mode 'magit-process-mode)))))
   (add-to-list 'doom-real-buffer-functions #'+magit-buffer-p nil #'eq)
 
-  ;; modeline isn't helpful in magit
-  (add-hook! '(magit-mode-hook magit-popup-mode-hook)
-    #'hide-mode-line-mode)
-
   ;; properly kill leftover magit buffers on quit
   (define-key magit-status-mode-map [remap magit-mode-bury-buffer] #'+magit/quit)
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/modeline/config.el b/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
index b12726dcb..f45dffc9a 100644
--- a/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/modeline/config.el
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   (add-hook 'doom-load-theme-hook #'doom-modeline-refresh-bars)
 
   (add-hook '+doom-dashboard-mode-hook #'doom-modeline-set-project-modeline)
+  (add-hook 'magit-mode-hook #'doom-modeline-set-project-modeline)
 
   ;; Show indentation style in modeline. I'm not using
   ;; `doom-modeline-def-segment' to prevent eager macro expansion from loading
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 
   (doom-modeline-def-modeline 'project
     '(bar window-number buffer-default-directory)
-    '(misc-info mu4e github debug fancy-battery " " major-mode))
+    '(misc-info mu4e github debug fancy-battery " " major-mode process))
 
   ;; Some functions modify the buffer, causing the modeline to show a false
   ;; modified state, so we try to force them to behave.