diff --git a/src/ui/main_view.rs b/src/ui/main_view.rs
index 5b3b8e6..b2a5620 100644
--- a/src/ui/main_view.rs
+++ b/src/ui/main_view.rs
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ impl SimpleComponent for MainView {
             }
             MainViewMsg::UpdateProfileNames(names, config) => {
                 self.set_profile_names(names);
+                // why send another message to set the dropdown selection?
+                // set_* from tracker likely updates the view obj in the next
+                // draw, so selecting here will result in nothing cause the
+                // dropdown is effectively empty
                 sender.input(MainViewMsg::SetSelectedProfile({
                     let pos = self.profile_names.iter()
                         .position(|p| p.clone() == config.selected_profile_name);