diff --git a/backend-rpc.php b/backend-rpc.php
index e7b42244a..6de87aa84 100644
--- a/backend-rpc.php
+++ b/backend-rpc.php
@@ -144,30 +144,15 @@
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 
 		}
-	
+
 		/* GET["cmode"] = 0 - mark as read, 1 - as unread, 2 - toggle */
 		if ($subop == "catchupSelected") {
 
 			$ids = split(",", db_escape_string($_GET["ids"]));
-
 			$cmode = sprintf("%d", $_GET["cmode"]);
 
-			foreach ($ids as $id) {
+			catchupArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode);
 
-				if ($cmode == 0) {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					unread = false,last_read = NOW()
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				} else if ($cmode == 1) {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					unread = true
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				} else {
-					db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
-					unread = NOT unread,last_read = NOW()
-					WHERE ref_id = '$id' AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
-				}
-			}
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
 			print "<counters>";
 			getAllCounters($link);
diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 7d13184b8..4e0dfccb7 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -696,6 +696,13 @@
 					type=\"text/css\" href=\"tt-rss_compact.css\"/>";
 		}
 
+		if ($subop == "CatchupSelected") {
+			$ids = split(",", db_escape_string($_GET["ids"]));
+			$cmode = sprintf("%d", $_GET["cmode"]);
+
+			catchupArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode);
+		}
+
 		if ($subop == "ForceUpdate" && sprintf("%d", $feed) > 0) {
 			update_generic_feed($link, $feed, $cat_view);
 		}
diff --git a/db.php b/db.php
index 6d998bd6f..d8187fc3b 100644
--- a/db.php
+++ b/db.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function db_query($link, $query, $die_on_error = true) {
 		if (!$result) {
 			$query = htmlspecialchars($query); // just in case
 			if ($die_on_error) {
-				die("Query <i>$query</i> failed: " . pg_last_error($link));			
+				die("Query <i>$query</i> failed [$result]: " . pg_last_error($link));			
 			}
 		}
 		return $result;
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 03e511d9f..bb80cac57 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -2586,4 +2586,30 @@
 			}			
 		}
 	}
+
+	function catchupArticlesById($link, $ids, $cmode) {
+
+		$tmp_ids = array();
+
+		foreach ($ids as $id) {
+			array_push($tmp_ids, "ref_id = '$id'");
+		}
+
+		$ids_qpart = join(" OR ", $tmp_ids);
+
+		if ($cmode == 0) {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			unread = false,last_read = NOW()
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		} else if ($cmode == 1) {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			unread = true
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		} else {
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_user_entries SET 
+			unread = NOT unread,last_read = NOW()
+			WHERE ($ids_qpart) AND owner_uid = " . $_SESSION["uid"]);
+		}
+	}
+
 ?>