diff --git a/MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE.changes b/MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE.changes
index 2fb4b53..bc397e5 100644
--- a/MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE.changes
+++ b/MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 18 14:03:18 UTC 2011 - wr@rosenauer.org
+
+- disable addon check completely as scopes are not working
+  correctly with Firefox 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 11 21:59:49 UTC 2011 - wr@rosenauer.org
 
diff --git a/firefox-suse-default-prefs.js b/firefox-suse-default-prefs.js
index 006e86e..47ae6ca 100644
--- a/firefox-suse-default-prefs.js
+++ b/firefox-suse-default-prefs.js
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ pref("startup.homepage_override_url", "");
 
 // do not disable system-global or app-global extensions
 pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 3);
+pref("extensions.shownSelectionUI", true);
+