               (spacemacs-buffer-mode))
           (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
                     (lambda ()
-                      (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create spacemacs-buffer-name)
+                      (with-current-buffer (get-buffer spacemacs-buffer-name)
                         (when dotspacemacs-startup-lists
                           (spacemacs-buffer/insert-startupify-lists))
                         (if configuration-layer-error-count

                          (spacemacs-buffer/set-mode-line spacemacs--default-mode-line))
                        (force-mode-line-update)
                        (spacemacs-buffer-mode)
                        (spacemacs-buffer/goto-link-line))))))))
  (spacemacs-buffer/goto-link-line)
  (switch-to-buffer spacemacs-buffer-name))



(defun spacemacs-buffer/insert-startupify-lists ()
  (interactive)
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer spacemacs-buffer-name)
    (let ((buffer-read-only nil)
          (list-separator "\n\n"))
      (goto-char (point-max))
      (spacemacs-buffer/insert-page-break)
      (mapc (lambda (el)
              (cond
