diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/ui/mini-starter.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/ui/mini-starter.lua
index ae5b3720..e6078d60 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/ui/mini-starter.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/ui/mini-starter.lua
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ return {
 
       vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
         pattern = "LazyVimStarted",
-        callback = function()
+        callback = function(ev)
           local stats = require("lazy").stats()
           local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
           local pad_footer = string.rep(" ", 8)
           starter.config.footer = pad_footer .. "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms"
-          -- INFO: Use `VimResized` to avoid the `buf_id in refresh() is not an identifier of valid Starter buffer`,
-          -- since `starter.refresh` executes on every `VimResized` see https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.starter/blob/f0c491032dcda485ee740716217cd4d5c25b6014/lua/mini/starter.lua#L352-L353
-          vim.cmd([[do VimResized]])
+          -- INFO: based on @echasnovski's recommendation (thanks a lot!!!)
+          if vim.bo[ev.buf].filetype == "starter" then
+            pcall(starter.refresh)
+          end
         end,
       })
     end,