diff --git a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 61b76c648..c2e1aae87 100644
--- a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterD
 	}
 	
 	// MARK: - API
+	
+	func manualRefresh(errorHandler: @escaping (Error) -> ()) {
+		UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.compactMap( { $0.delegate as? SceneDelegate } ).forEach {
+			$0.refreshInterface()
+		}
+		AccountManager.shared.refreshAll(errorHandler: errorHandler)
+	}
+	
 	func resumeDatabaseProcessingIfNecessary() {
 		if AccountManager.shared.isSuspended {
 			AccountManager.shared.resumeAll()
diff --git a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
index 86382a44f..9b0e2fdfa 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterFeed/MasterFeedViewController.swift
@@ -426,11 +426,7 @@ class MasterFeedViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		// This is a hack to make sure that an error dialog doesn't interfere with dismissing the refreshControl.
 		// If the error dialog appears too closely to the call to endRefreshing, then the refreshControl never disappears.
 		DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
-			AccountManager.shared.refreshAll(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self)) {
-				if AppDefaults.refreshClearsReadArticles {
-					self.coordinator.refreshTimeline(resetScroll: false)
-				}
-			}
+			appDelegate.manualRefresh(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self))
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
index 85417b3ab..52ee82cee 100644
--- a/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/MasterTimeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ class MasterTimelineViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner
 		// This is a hack to make sure that an error dialog doesn't interfere with dismissing the refreshControl.
 		// If the error dialog appears too closely to the call to endRefreshing, then the refreshControl never disappears.
 		DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
-			AccountManager.shared.refreshAll(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self)) {
-				if AppDefaults.refreshClearsReadArticles {
-					self.coordinator.refreshTimeline(resetScroll: false)
-				}
-			}
+			appDelegate.manualRefresh(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self))
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/iOS/RootSplitViewController.swift b/iOS/RootSplitViewController.swift
index a30da310c..93a6e4629 100644
--- a/iOS/RootSplitViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/RootSplitViewController.swift
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RootSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
 	}
 
 	@objc func refresh(_ sender: Any?) {
-		AccountManager.shared.refreshAll(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self))
+		appDelegate.manualRefresh(errorHandler: ErrorHandler.present(self))
 	}
 	
 	@objc func goToToday(_ sender: Any?) {
diff --git a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
index 5df9e65ab..d7c7da63e 100644
--- a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
+++ b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SceneCoordinator: NSObject, UndoableCommandRunner, UnreadCountProvider {
 	private var wasRootSplitViewControllerCollapsed = false
 	
 	private let fetchAndMergeArticlesQueue = CoalescingQueue(name: "Fetch and Merge Articles", interval: 0.5)
-	private let rebuildBackingStoresWithMergeQueue = CoalescingQueue(name: "Rebuild The Backing Stores by Merging", interval: 0.5)
+	private let rebuildBackingStoresWithMergeQueue = CoalescingQueue(name: "Rebuild The Backing Stores by Merging", interval: 1.0)
 	private var fetchSerialNumber = 0
 	private let fetchRequestQueue = FetchRequestQueue()
 	
@@ -572,6 +572,15 @@ class SceneCoordinator: NSObject, UndoableCommandRunner, UnreadCountProvider {
 		fetchRequestQueue.cancelAllRequests()
 	}
 	
+	func refreshInterface() {
+		if isReadFeedsFiltered {
+			rebuildBackingStores()
+		}
+		if isReadArticlesFiltered && AppDefaults.refreshClearsReadArticles {
+			refreshTimeline(resetScroll: false)
+		}
+	}
+	
 	func shadowNodesFor(section: Int) -> [Node] {
 		return shadowTable[section]
 	}
diff --git a/iOS/SceneDelegate.swift b/iOS/SceneDelegate.swift
index 6c6447e5d..af85dd81a 100644
--- a/iOS/SceneDelegate.swift
+++ b/iOS/SceneDelegate.swift
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class SceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate {
 		coordinator.suspend()
 	}
 	
+	func refreshInterface() {
+		coordinator.refreshInterface()
+	}
+	
 }
 
 private extension SceneDelegate {