diff --git a/src/datamanager.cpp b/src/datamanager.cpp
index 7e2af1c7..c342e89e 100644
--- a/src/datamanager.cpp
+++ b/src/datamanager.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ DataManager::DataManager()
                 feed->setLastUpdated(lastUpdated);
                 // qDebug() << "Retrieving authors";
                 feed->updateAuthors();
-                // TODO: signal feedmodel: Q_EMIT dataChanged(createIndex(i, 0), createIndex(i, 0));
-                // quite sure that this is actually not needed
+                // For feeds that have just been added, this is probably the point
+                // where the Feed object gets created; let's set refreshing to
+                // true in order to show user feedback that the feed is still
+                // being fetched
+                feed->setRefreshing(true);
             }
         });
     connect(&Fetcher::instance(), &Fetcher::entryAdded, this, [this](const QString &feedurl, const QString &id) {
diff --git a/src/feed.cpp b/src/feed.cpp
index 935deaca..22b3fd23 100644
--- a/src/feed.cpp
+++ b/src/feed.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Feed::Feed(const QString &feedurl)
     });
     connect(&DataManager::instance(), &DataManager::feedEntriesUpdated, this, [this](const QString &url) {
         if (url == m_url) {
-            setRefreshing(false);
             Q_EMIT entryCountChanged();
             Q_EMIT unreadEntryCountChanged();
             setErrorId(0);
diff --git a/src/fetcher.cpp b/src/fetcher.cpp
index 5b8d5493..6dc6ca65 100644
--- a/src/fetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/fetcher.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void Fetcher::processFeed(Syndication::FeedPtr feed, const QString &url)
     query.bindValue(QStringLiteral(":image"), image);
     Database::instance().execute(query);
 
-    qDebug() << "Updated feed:" << feed->title();
+    qDebug() << "Updated feed details:" << feed->title();
 
     Q_EMIT feedDetailsUpdated(url, feed->title(), image, feed->link(), feed->description(), current);