diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 28e636a42..8987f627c 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 			if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
 				print "<li class=\"feedCat\">Special</li>";
-				print "<ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
+				print "<li id=\"feedCatHolder\"><ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
 			}
 
 			$result = db_query($link, "SELECT count(id) as num_starred 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 				"images/mark_set.png", $link);
 
 			if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
-				print "</ul>";
+				print "</li></ul>";
 			}
 
 			if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_LABELS')) {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 				if (db_num_rows($result) > 0) {
 					if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
 						print "<li class=\"feedCat\">Labels</li>";
-						print "<ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
+						print "<li id=\"feedCatHolder\"><ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
 					} else {
 						print "<li><hr></li>";
 					}
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 
 				if (db_num_rows($result) > 0) {
 					if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_CATS')) {
-						print "</ul>";
+						print "</li></ul>";
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 					$category = $tmp_category;
 					
 					print "<li class=\"feedCat\">$category</li>";
-					print "<li><ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
+					print "<li id=\"feedCatHolder\"><ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
 				}
 	
 				printFeedEntry($feed_id, $class, $feed, $unread, 
diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index c7f1b8a64..6aaea8d8e 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -126,11 +126,25 @@ function hotkey_handler(e) {
 function cleanSelectedList(element) {
 	var content = document.getElementById(element);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < content.childNodes.length; i++) {
-		content.childNodes[i].className = 
-			content.childNodes[i].className.replace("Selected", "");
-	}
+	if (!document.getElementById("feedCatHolder")) {
+		for (i = 0; i < content.childNodes.length; i++) {
+			var child = content.childNodes[i];
+			child.className = child.className.replace("Selected", "");
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < content.childNodes.length; i++) {
+			var child = content.childNodes[i];
 
+			if (child.id == "feedCatHolder") {
+				var fcat = child.firstChild;
+				for (j = 0; j < fcat.childNodes.length; j++) {
+					var feed = fcat.childNodes[j];
+					feed.className = feed.className.replace("Selected", "");
+				}		
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
 }