diff --git a/javascripts/dashing.coffee b/javascripts/dashing.coffee
index fa677e80..3b9fb783 100644
--- a/javascripts/dashing.coffee
+++ b/javascripts/dashing.coffee
@@ -57,8 +57,17 @@ class Dashing.Widget extends Batman.View
 
   receiveData: (data) =>
     @mixin(data)
+    @addStatus(data)
     @onData(data)
 
+  addStatus: (data) => 
+    if data.status
+      #clear existing "status-*" classes
+      $(@get('node')).attr 'class', (i,c) ->
+        c.replace /\bstatus-\S+/g, ''
+      # add new class
+      $(@get('node')).addClass "status-#{data.status}"
+
   onData: (data) =>
     # Widgets override this to handle incoming data
 
diff --git a/templates/project/widgets/number/number.coffee b/templates/project/widgets/number/number.coffee
index 645ee7f3..f794cd85 100644
--- a/templates/project/widgets/number/number.coffee
+++ b/templates/project/widgets/number/number.coffee
@@ -15,10 +15,3 @@ class Dashing.Number extends Dashing.Widget
     if @get('last')
       if parseInt(@get('current')) > parseInt(@get('last')) then 'icon-arrow-up' else 'icon-arrow-down'
 
-  onData: (data) ->
-    if data.status
-      # clear existing "status-*" classes
-      $(@get('node')).attr 'class', (i,c) ->
-        c.replace /\bstatus-\S+/g, ''
-      # add new class
-      $(@get('node')).addClass "status-#{data.status}"