diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index d1ff6914..16705f47 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -130,13 +130,20 @@
 
 	/* FIXME this needs reworking */
 
-	function getGlobalCounters($link) {
+	function getGlobalUnread($link) {
 		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT count(id) as c_id FROM ttrss_entries,ttrss_user_entries
 			WHERE unread = true AND 
 			ttrss_user_entries.ref_id = ttrss_entries.id AND 
 			owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
 		$c_id = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "c_id");
-		print "<counter type=\"global\" id='global-unread' counter='$c_id'/>";
+		return $c_id;
+	}
+
+	function getGlobalCounters($link, $global_unread = -1) {
+		if ($global_unread == -1) {	
+			$global_unread = getGlobalUnread($link);
+		}
+		print "<counter type=\"global\" id='global-unread' counter='$global_unread'/>";
 	}
 
 	function getTagCounters($link, $smart_mode = SMART_RPC_COUNTERS) {
@@ -735,18 +742,26 @@
 				update_all_feeds($link, $subop == "forceUpdateAllFeeds");
 			}
 
-			$omode = $_GET["omode"];
-
-			if (!$omode) $omode = "tfl";
+			$global_unread_caller = sprintf("%d", $_GET["uctr"]);
+			$global_unread = getGlobalUnread($link);
 
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
-			if (strchr($omode, "l")) getLabelCounters($link);
-			if (strchr($omode, "f")) getFeedCounters($link);
-			if (strchr($omode, "t")) getTagCounters($link);
-			if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
-				getCategoryCounters($link);
+
+			if ($global_unread_caller != $global_unread) {
+
+	 			$omode = $_GET["omode"];
+	 
+	 			if (!$omode) $omode = "tfl";
+	 
+	 			if (strchr($omode, "l")) getLabelCounters($link);
+	 			if (strchr($omode, "f")) getFeedCounters($link);
+	 			if (strchr($omode, "t")) getTagCounters($link);
+	 			if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
+	 				getCategoryCounters($link);
+	 			}
+	 			getGlobalCounters($link, $global_unread);
 			}
-			getGlobalCounters($link);
+			
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 
 		}
diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index d322d3a6..047de65c 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@
 	define('DISABLE_SESSIONS', false);
 	// Never enable this option (kludge for daemon using tt-rss code)
 
+	define('DAEMON_SLEEP_INTERVAL', 120);
+	// Interval between update daemon update runs
+
 	// vim:ft=php
 ?>
diff --git a/tt-rss.js b/tt-rss.js
index 4b1b29b1..989393b0 100644
--- a/tt-rss.js
+++ b/tt-rss.js
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ function scheduleFeedUpdate(force) {
 	}
 
 	query_str = query_str + "&omode=" + omode;
+	query_str = query_str + "&uctr=" + global_unread;
 
 	if (xmlhttp_ready(xmlhttp)) {
 		xmlhttp.open("GET", query_str, true);
diff --git a/update_daemon.php b/update_daemon.php
index d220266f..b780c7f7 100644
--- a/update_daemon.php
+++ b/update_daemon.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 	declare(ticks = 1);
 
-	define('SLEEP_INTERVAL', 60); // seconds between update runs
 	define('MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', '/var/tmp/magpie-ttrss-cache-daemon');
 	define('DISABLE_SESSIONS', true);
 
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@
 	
 			print "Feed: " . $line["feed_url"] . ": ";
 
-			printf("(%d ? %d) ", time() - strtotime($line["last_updated"]),
-				$upd_intl*60);
+			printf("(%d/%d, %d) ", time() - strtotime($line["last_updated"]),
+				$upd_intl*60, $owner_uid);
 	
 			if (!$line["last_updated"] || 
 				time() - strtotime($line["last_updated"]) > ($upd_intl * 60)) {
@@ -95,9 +94,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		print "Sleeping for " . SLEEP_INTERVAL . " seconds...\n";
+		print "Sleeping for " . DAEMON_SLEEP_INTERVAL . " seconds...\n";
 		
-		sleep(SLEEP_INTERVAL);
+		sleep(DAEMON_SLEEP_INTERVAL);
 	}
 
 	db_close($link);