diff --git a/src/controller/mainController.py b/src/controller/mainController.py
index 06c1b403..e98df9ec 100644
--- a/src/controller/mainController.py
+++ b/src/controller/mainController.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Controller(object):
   widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.user_details, menuitem=self.view.details)
   widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.toggle_autoread, menuitem=self.view.autoread)
   widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.toggle_buffer_mute, self.view.mute_buffer)
-  widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.open_timeline, self.view.timeline)
+  widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.new_buffer, self.view.newbuffer)
   widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.open_favs_timeline, self.view.favs)
   widgetUtils.connect_event(self.view, widgetUtils.MENU, self.open_conversation, menuitem=self.view.view_conversation)
   if widgetUtils.toolkit == "wx":
@@ -1267,3 +1267,7 @@ class Controller(object):
 
  def __del__(self):
   config.app.write()
+
+ def new_buffer(self,*args,**kwargs):
+  #This is a placeholder for the unified new buffer dialog, for now just call self.open_timeline.
+  return self.open_timeline(*args,**kwargs)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gtkUI/view.py b/src/gtkUI/view.py
index 054c43a3..22092be0 100644
--- a/src/gtkUI/view.py
+++ b/src/gtkUI/view.py
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ class mainFrame(Gtk.Window):
 
   # buffer menu
   buffer = Gtk.Menu()
-  self.timeline = Gtk.MenuItem(label="New buffer...")
+  self.newbuffer = Gtk.MenuItem(label="New buffer...")
   self.load_previous_items = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Load previous items")
   self.mute_buffer = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Mute")
   self.autoread = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Autoread")
   self.clear = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Clear buffer")
   self.deleteTl = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Destroy")
-  self.append_to_menu(buffer, self.timeline, self.load_previous_items, self.mute_buffer, self.autoread, self.clear, self.deleteTl)
+  self.append_to_menu(buffer, self.newbuffer, self.load_previous_items, self.mute_buffer, self.autoread, self.clear, self.deleteTl)
   buffer_menu = Gtk.MenuItem(label="Buffer")
   buffer_menu.set_submenu(buffer)
   menuBar.append(buffer_menu)
diff --git a/src/wxUI/view.py b/src/wxUI/view.py
index 2cbe2222..16ae83df 100644
--- a/src/wxUI/view.py
+++ b/src/wxUI/view.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class mainFrame(wx.Frame):
 
   # buffer menu
   buffer = wx.Menu()
-  self.timeline = buffer.Append(wx.NewId(), _(u"&New buffer..."))
+  self.newbuffer = buffer.Append(wx.NewId(), _(u"&New buffer..."))
   self.load_previous_items = buffer.Append(wx.NewId(), _(u"&Load previous items"))
   buffer.AppendSeparator()
   self.mute_buffer = buffer.AppendCheckItem(wx.NewId(), _(u"&Mute"))
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class mainFrame(wx.Frame):
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL|wx.ACCEL_SHIFT, ord('S'), self.unfollow.GetId()),
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL, ord('K'), self.block.GetId()),
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL|wx.ACCEL_SHIFT, ord('K'), self.report.GetId()),
-(wx.ACCEL_CTRL, ord('I'), self.timeline.GetId()),
+(wx.ACCEL_CTRL, ord('I'), self.newbuffer.GetId()),
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL|wx.ACCEL_SHIFT, ord('I'), self.deleteTl.GetId()),
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL, ord('M'), self.show_hide.GetId()),
 (wx.ACCEL_CTRL, ord('P'), self.updateProfile.GetId()),