diff --git a/src/ui/feed.rs b/src/ui/feed.rs
index 6c246170..90ba1f8b 100644
--- a/src/ui/feed.rs
+++ b/src/ui/feed.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ pub(super) fn update(app: &mut GossipUi, ctx: &Context, frame: &mut eframe::Fram
             app.page = Page::FeedGeneral;
             GLOBALS.feed.set_feed_to_general();
             feed_kind = FeedKind::General;
+            GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_write().clear();
         }
         ui.separator();
         if ui
@@ -50,14 +51,17 @@ pub(super) fn update(app: &mut GossipUi, ctx: &Context, frame: &mut eframe::Fram
             app.page = Page::FeedReplies;
             GLOBALS.feed.set_feed_to_replies();
             feed_kind = FeedKind::Replies;
+            GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_write().clear();
         }
         if matches!(feed_kind, FeedKind::Thread(..)) {
             ui.separator();
             ui.selectable_value(&mut app.page, Page::FeedThread, "Thread");
+            GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_write().clear();
         }
         if matches!(feed_kind, FeedKind::Person(..)) {
             ui.separator();
             ui.selectable_value(&mut app.page, Page::FeedPerson, "Person");
+            GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_write().clear();
         }
     });
     ui.separator();
@@ -373,7 +377,6 @@ fn render_post_actual(
 
     // Try LayoutJob
 
-    /* currently all events are new because the code that stales them is now gone
     #[allow(clippy::collapsible_else_if)]
     let bgcolor = if GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_read().contains(&event.id) {
         if ctx.style().visuals.dark_mode {
@@ -388,13 +391,6 @@ fn render_post_actual(
             Color32::WHITE
         }
     };
-     */
-
-    let bgcolor = if ctx.style().visuals.dark_mode {
-        Color32::BLACK
-    } else {
-        Color32::WHITE
-    };
 
     Frame::none().fill(bgcolor).show(ui, |ui| {
         ui.horizontal(|ui| {
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index e949199c..6b7c0b74 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ impl eframe::App for GossipUi {
                     .clicked()
                 {
                     self.page = Page::FeedGeneral;
+                    GLOBALS.event_is_new.blocking_write().clear();
                 }
                 ui.separator();
                 if ui