diff --git a/js/feedlist.js b/js/feedlist.js
index 879b52d03..46a22acd0 100644
--- a/js/feedlist.js
+++ b/js/feedlist.js
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 
 	hideOrShowFeeds(getInitParam("hide_read_feeds") == 1);
 
-	request_counters(true);
-	timeout();
-
+	setTimeout(timeout, 250);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/js/tt-rss.js b/js/tt-rss.js
index 1872ad1ab..b498b5e99 100644
--- a/js/tt-rss.js
+++ b/js/tt-rss.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function viewCurrentFeed(method) {
 
 function timeout() {
 	if (getInitParam("bw_limit") != "1") {
-		request_counters();
+		request_counters(true);
 		setTimeout(timeout, 60*1000);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/js/viewfeed.js b/js/viewfeed.js
index 6a1e15c33..3aaea99b9 100755
--- a/js/viewfeed.js
+++ b/js/viewfeed.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function headlines_callback2(transport, offset, background, infscroll_req) {
 		if (counters)
 			parse_counters(counters);
 		else
-			request_counters(true);
+			request_counters();
 
 	} else {
 		console.error("Invalid object received: " + transport.responseText);