diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/Feed.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/Feed.java
index 5fea2d142..9c4e7e75c 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/Feed.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/Feed.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import java.util.Date;
  * 
  */
 public class Feed extends FeedFile {
-	private static final String TYPE_RSS2 = "rss";
-	private static final String TYPE_ATOM1 = "atom";
+	public static final String TYPE_RSS2 = "rss";
+	public static final String TYPE_ATOM1 = "atom";
 	
 	private String title;
 	/** Link to the website. */
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
index fb4c949d5..f979aa1f3 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/feed/FeedManager.java
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ public class FeedManager {
 					markItemRead(context, item, false);
 				}
 			}
+			// update attributes
 			savedFeed.setLastUpdate(newFeed.getLastUpdate());
+			savedFeed.setType(newFeed.getType());
 			setFeed(context, savedFeed);
 			return savedFeed;
 		}
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/syndication/handler/TypeGetter.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/syndication/handler/TypeGetter.java
index a96eb4a8e..f8066db40 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/syndication/handler/TypeGetter.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/syndication/handler/TypeGetter.java
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ public class TypeGetter {
 					if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
 						String tag = xpp.getName();
 						if (tag.equals(ATOM_ROOT)) {
+							feed.setType(Feed.TYPE_ATOM1);
 							if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
 								Log.d(TAG, "Recognized type Atom");
 							return Type.ATOM;
 						} else if (tag.equals(RSS_ROOT)
 								&& (xpp.getAttributeValue(null, "version")
 										.equals("2.0"))) {
+							feed.setType(Feed.TYPE_RSS2);
 							if (AppConfig.DEBUG)
 								Log.d(TAG, "Recognized type RSS 2.0");
 							return Type.RSS20;