diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 92f873914..e28ccdc57 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -1159,161 +1159,11 @@
 			</script>";
 
 		if ($subop == "ForceUpdate" && sprintf("%d", $feed) > 0) {
-
-/*			if (ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON) {
-
-				if ($cid == 0) {
-
-					db_query($link, "INSERT INTO ttrss_scheduled_updates
-						(owner_uid, feed_id, entered) VALUES
-						(".$_SESSION["uid"].", '$feed', NOW())");
-				}
-
-			} else { 
-				// fixme update_rss_feed...
-			} */
-
-			if ($cat_view) {
-
-				if ($feed > 0) {
-					$cat_qpart = "cat_id = '$feed'";
-				} else {
-					$cat_qpart = "cat_id IS NULL";
-				}
-				
-				$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT feed_url FROM ttrss_feeds
-					WHERE $cat_qpart AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-
-				while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {					
-					$feed_url = $tmp_line["feed_url"];
-					update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON);
-				}
-
-			} else {
-				$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT feed_url FROM ttrss_feeds
-					WHERE id = '$feed'");
-				$feed_url = db_fetch_result($tmp_result, 0, "feed_url");				
-				update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON);
-			}
+			update_generic_feed($link, $feed, $cat_view);
 		}
 
 		if ($subop == "MarkAllRead")  {
-
-			if (preg_match("/^[0-9][0-9]*$/", $feed) != false && $feed >= 0) {
-			
-				if ($cat_view) {
-
-					if ($feed > 0) {
-						$cat_qpart = "cat_id = '$feed'";
-					} else {
-						$cat_qpart = "cat_id IS NULL";
-					}
-					
-					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT id 
-						FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE $cat_qpart AND owner_uid = " . 
-						$_SESSION["uid"]);
-
-					while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {
-
-						$tmp_feed = $tmp_line["id"];
-
-						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
-							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
-							WHERE feed_id = '$tmp_feed' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-					}
-
-				} else if ($feed > 0) {
-
-					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT id 
-						FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE parent_feed = '$feed'
-						ORDER BY cat_id,title");
-
-					$parent_ids = array();
-
-					if (db_num_rows($tmp_result) > 0) {
-						while ($p = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {
-							array_push($parent_ids, "feed_id = " . $p["id"]);
-						}
-
-						$children_qpart = implode(" OR ", $parent_ids);
-						
-						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
-							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
-							WHERE (feed_id = '$feed' OR $children_qpart) 
-							AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-
-					} else {						
-						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
-							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
-							WHERE feed_id = '$feed' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-					}
-						
-				} else if ($feed < 0 && $feed > -10) { // special, like starred
-
-					if ($feed == -1) {
-						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
-							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW()
-							WHERE marked = true AND owner_uid = ".$_SESSION["uid"]);
-					}
-			
-				} else if ($feed < -10) { // label
-
-					// TODO make this more efficient
-
-					$label_id = -$feed - 11;
-
-					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT sql_exp FROM ttrss_labels
-						WHERE id = '$label_id'");					
-
-					if ($tmp_result) {
-						$sql_exp = db_fetch_result($tmp_result, 0, "sql_exp");
-
-						db_query($link, "BEGIN");
-
-						$tmp2_result = db_query($link,
-							"SELECT 
-								int_id 
-							FROM 
-								ttrss_user_entries,ttrss_entries 
-							WHERE
-								ref_id = id AND 
-								$sql_exp AND
-								owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-
-						while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp2_result)) {
-							db_query($link, "UPDATE 
-								ttrss_user_entries 
-							SET 
-								unread = false, last_read = NOW()
-							WHERE
-								int_id = " . $tmp_line["int_id"]);
-						}
-								
-						db_query($link, "COMMIT");
-
-/*						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries,ttrss_entries 
-							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW()
-							WHERE $sql_exp
-							AND ref_id = id
-							AND owner_uid = ".$_SESSION["uid"]); */
-					}
-				}
-			} else { // tag
-				db_query($link, "BEGIN");
-
-				$tag_name = db_escape_string($feed);
-
-				$result = db_query($link, "SELECT post_int_id FROM ttrss_tags
-					WHERE tag_name = '$tag_name' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-
-				while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET
-						unread = false, last_read = NOW() 
-						WHERE int_id = " . $line["post_int_id"]);
-				}
-				db_query($link, "COMMIT");
-			}
-
+			catchup_feed($link, $feed, $cat_view);
 		}
 
 		$search = db_escape_string($_GET["search"]);
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 68c8eac76..77414b13c 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1055,4 +1055,146 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	function catchup_feed($link, $feed, $cat_view) {
+			if (preg_match("/^[0-9][0-9]*$/", $feed) != false && $feed >= 0) {
+			
+				if ($cat_view) {
+
+					if ($feed > 0) {
+						$cat_qpart = "cat_id = '$feed'";
+					} else {
+						$cat_qpart = "cat_id IS NULL";
+					}
+					
+					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT id 
+						FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE $cat_qpart AND owner_uid = " . 
+						$_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+					while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {
+
+						$tmp_feed = $tmp_line["id"];
+
+						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
+							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
+							WHERE feed_id = '$tmp_feed' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+					}
+
+				} else if ($feed > 0) {
+
+					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT id 
+						FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE parent_feed = '$feed'
+						ORDER BY cat_id,title");
+
+					$parent_ids = array();
+
+					if (db_num_rows($tmp_result) > 0) {
+						while ($p = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {
+							array_push($parent_ids, "feed_id = " . $p["id"]);
+						}
+
+						$children_qpart = implode(" OR ", $parent_ids);
+						
+						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
+							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
+							WHERE (feed_id = '$feed' OR $children_qpart) 
+							AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+					} else {						
+						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
+							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW() 
+							WHERE feed_id = '$feed' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+					}
+						
+				} else if ($feed < 0 && $feed > -10) { // special, like starred
+
+					if ($feed == -1) {
+						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries 
+							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW()
+							WHERE marked = true AND owner_uid = ".$_SESSION["uid"]);
+					}
+			
+				} else if ($feed < -10) { // label
+
+					// TODO make this more efficient
+
+					$label_id = -$feed - 11;
+
+					$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT sql_exp FROM ttrss_labels
+						WHERE id = '$label_id'");					
+
+					if ($tmp_result) {
+						$sql_exp = db_fetch_result($tmp_result, 0, "sql_exp");
+
+						db_query($link, "BEGIN");
+
+						$tmp2_result = db_query($link,
+							"SELECT 
+								int_id 
+							FROM 
+								ttrss_user_entries,ttrss_entries 
+							WHERE
+								ref_id = id AND 
+								$sql_exp AND
+								owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+						while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp2_result)) {
+							db_query($link, "UPDATE 
+								ttrss_user_entries 
+							SET 
+								unread = false, last_read = NOW()
+							WHERE
+								int_id = " . $tmp_line["int_id"]);
+						}
+								
+						db_query($link, "COMMIT");
+
+/*						db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries,ttrss_entries 
+							SET unread = false,last_read = NOW()
+							WHERE $sql_exp
+							AND ref_id = id
+							AND owner_uid = ".$_SESSION["uid"]); */
+					}
+				}
+			} else { // tag
+				db_query($link, "BEGIN");
+
+				$tag_name = db_escape_string($feed);
+
+				$result = db_query($link, "SELECT post_int_id FROM ttrss_tags
+					WHERE tag_name = '$tag_name' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+				while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
+					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET
+						unread = false, last_read = NOW() 
+						WHERE int_id = " . $line["post_int_id"]);
+				}
+				db_query($link, "COMMIT");
+			}
+	}
+
+	function update_generic_feed($link, $feed, $cat_view) {
+			if ($cat_view) {
+
+				if ($feed > 0) {
+					$cat_qpart = "cat_id = '$feed'";
+				} else {
+					$cat_qpart = "cat_id IS NULL";
+				}
+				
+				$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT feed_url FROM ttrss_feeds
+					WHERE $cat_qpart AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+				while ($tmp_line = db_fetch_assoc($tmp_result)) {					
+					$feed_url = $tmp_line["feed_url"];
+					update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON);
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				$tmp_result = db_query($link, "SELECT feed_url FROM ttrss_feeds
+					WHERE id = '$feed'");
+				$feed_url = db_fetch_result($tmp_result, 0, "feed_url");				
+				update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON);
+			}
+	}
+	
 ?>