diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index f7c4e0d4e..7df13c0ae 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -471,8 +471,10 @@
 						<a href=\"javascript:toggleCollapseCat($cat_id)\">$tmp_category
 							<span id=\"FCATCTR-$cat_id\" 
 							class=\"$catctr_class\">($cat_unread unread)</span></a></li>";
-					print "<li id=\"feedCatHolder\" class=\"$holder_class\">
-						<ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
+
+					// !!! NO SPACE before <ul...feedCatList - breaks firstChild DOM function
+					// -> keyboard navigation, etc.
+					print "<li id=\"feedCatHolder\" class=\"$holder_class\"><ul class=\"feedCatList\">";
 				}
 	
 				printFeedEntry($feed_id, $class, $feed, $unread, 
diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index a77854827..8f18f4c47 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function cleanSelectedList(element) {
 			var child = content.childNodes[i];
 
 			if (child.id == "feedCatHolder") {
-				var fcat = child.firstChild;
+				var fcat = child.lastChild;
 				for (j = 0; j < fcat.childNodes.length; j++) {
 					var feed = fcat.childNodes[j];
 					feed.className = feed.className.replace("Selected", "");
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ function getRelativeFeedId(list, id, direction) {
 			for (i = 0; i < list.childNodes.length; i++) {
 				var child = list.childNodes[i];
 				if (child.id == "feedCatHolder") {
-					if (child.firstChild) {
+					if (child.lastChild) {
 						var cr = getRelativeFeedId(child.firstChild, id, direction);
 						if (cr) return cr;					
 					}