diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/DownloadLogActivity.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/DownloadLogActivity.java
index 11a15accb..2c19b5649 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/DownloadLogActivity.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/DownloadLogActivity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.activity;
 
+import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 
 import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockListActivity;
@@ -9,7 +13,10 @@ import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter.DownloadLogAdapter;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedManager;
 
-/** Displays completed and failed downloads in a list. The data comes from the FeedManager. */
+/**
+ * Displays completed and failed downloads in a list. The data comes from the
+ * FeedManager.
+ */
 public class DownloadLogActivity extends SherlockListActivity {
 	private static final String TAG = "DownloadLogActivity";
 
@@ -26,6 +33,20 @@ public class DownloadLogActivity extends SherlockListActivity {
 		setListAdapter(dla);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void onPause() {
+		super.onPause();
+		unregisterReceiver(contentUpdate);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onResume() {
+		super.onResume();
+		registerReceiver(contentUpdate, new IntentFilter(
+				FeedManager.ACTION_DOWNLOADLOG_UPDATE));
+		dla.notifyDataSetChanged();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 		return true;
@@ -43,4 +64,15 @@ public class DownloadLogActivity extends SherlockListActivity {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private BroadcastReceiver contentUpdate = new BroadcastReceiver() {
+
+		@Override
+		public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
+			if (intent.getAction()
+					.equals(FeedManager.ACTION_DOWNLOADLOG_UPDATE)) {
+				dla.notifyDataSetChanged();
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
 }
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
index d49e73e0c..f0e119b64 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class FeedManager {
 	public static final String ACITON_FEED_LIST_UPDATE = "de.danoeh.antennapod.action.feed.feedlistUpdate";
 	public static final String ACTION_UNREAD_ITEMS_UPDATE = "de.danoeh.antennapod.action.feed.unreadItemsUpdate";
 	public static final String ACTION_QUEUE_UPDATE = "de.danoeh.antennapod.action.feed.queueUpdate";
+	public static final String ACTION_DOWNLOADLOG_UPDATE = "de.danoeh.antennapod.action.feed.downloadLogUpdate";
 	public static final String EXTRA_FEED_ITEM_ID = "de.danoeh.antennapod.extra.feed.feedItemId";
 	public static final String EXTRA_FEED_ID = "de.danoeh.antennapod.extra.feed.feedId";
 
@@ -332,20 +333,34 @@ public class FeedManager {
 
 	public void addDownloadStatus(final Context context,
 			final DownloadStatus status) {
-		downloadLog.add(status);
-		dbExec.execute(new Runnable() {
+		contentChanger.post(new Runnable() {
 
 			@Override
 			public void run() {
-				PodDBAdapter adapter = new PodDBAdapter(context);
-				adapter.open();
+				downloadLog.add(status);
+				final DownloadStatus removedStatus;
 				if (downloadLog.size() > DOWNLOAD_LOG_SIZE) {
-					adapter.removeDownloadStatus(downloadLog.remove(0));
+					removedStatus = downloadLog.remove(0);
+				} else {
+					removedStatus = null;
 				}
-				adapter.setDownloadStatus(status);
-				adapter.close();
+				context.sendBroadcast(new Intent(ACTION_DOWNLOADLOG_UPDATE));
+				dbExec.execute(new Runnable() {
+
+					@Override
+					public void run() {
+						PodDBAdapter adapter = new PodDBAdapter(context);
+						adapter.open();
+						if (removedStatus != null) {
+							adapter.removeDownloadStatus(removedStatus);
+						}
+						adapter.setDownloadStatus(status);
+						adapter.close();
+					}
+				});
 			}
 		});
+
 	}
 
 	public void addQueueItem(final Context context, final FeedItem item) {