diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
index ef724bccd..809cb4070 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 		guard let representedObject = note.object else {
 			return
 		}
-		configureUnreadCountForCellsForRepresentedObject(representedObject as AnyObject)
+		if let timelineViewController = representedObject as? TimelineViewController {
+			configureUnreadCountForCellsForRepresentedObjects(timelineViewController.representedObjects)
+		}
+		else {
+			configureUnreadCountForCellsForRepresentedObjects([representedObject as AnyObject])
+		}
 	}
 
 	@objc func containerChildrenDidChange(_ note: Notification) {
@@ -502,7 +507,7 @@ private extension SidebarViewController {
 		// then the unread count comes from the timeline.
 		// This ensures that any transients in the timeline
 		// are accounted for in the unread count.
-		if selectedNodes.count == 1 && node === selectedNodes.first! {
+		if nodeShouldGetUnreadCountFromTimeline(node) {
 			return delegate?.unreadCount(for: node.representedObject) ?? 0
 		}
 
@@ -512,6 +517,18 @@ private extension SidebarViewController {
 		return 0
 	}
 
+	func nodeShouldGetUnreadCountFromTimeline(_ node: Node) -> Bool {
+		// Only if it’s selected and it’s the only node selected.
+		return selectedNodes.count == 1 && selectedNodes.first! === node
+	}
+
+	func nodeRepresentsTodayFeed(_ node: Node) -> Bool {
+		guard let smartFeed = node.representedObject as? SmartFeed else {
+			return false
+		}
+		return smartFeed === SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed
+	}
+
 	func cellForRowView(_ rowView: NSTableRowView) -> SidebarCell? {
 		return rowView.view(atColumn: 0) as? SidebarCell
 	}
@@ -537,8 +554,13 @@ private extension SidebarViewController {
 		applyToCellsForRepresentedObject(representedObject, configure)
 	}
 
-	func configureUnreadCountForCellsForRepresentedObject(_ representedObject: AnyObject) {
-		applyToCellsForRepresentedObject(representedObject, configureUnreadCount)
+	func configureUnreadCountForCellsForRepresentedObjects(_ representedObjects: [AnyObject]?) {
+		guard let representedObjects = representedObjects else {
+			return
+		}
+		for object in representedObjects {
+			applyToCellsForRepresentedObject(object, configureUnreadCount)
+		}
 	}
 
 	@discardableResult