diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitAccountDelegate.swift b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitAccountDelegate.swift
index 276ac113d..c0488a0eb 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitAccountDelegate.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitAccountDelegate.swift
@@ -594,18 +594,7 @@ private extension CloudKitAccountDelegate {
 								self.refreshProgress.completeTask()
 
 								self.refresher.refreshFeeds(webFeeds) {
-
 									account.metadata.lastArticleFetchEndTime = Date()
-
-									self.sendArticleStatus(for: account) { result in
-										switch result {
-										case .success:
-											completion(.success(()))
-										case .failure(let error):
-											fail(error)
-										}
-									}
-
 								}
 
 							case .failure(let error):
@@ -638,12 +627,13 @@ private extension CloudKitAccountDelegate {
 
 extension CloudKitAccountDelegate: LocalAccountRefresherDelegate {
 	
-	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles) {
+	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles, completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
 		if let newArticles = newAndUpdatedArticles.newArticles {
-			let syncStatuses = newArticles.map { article in
-				return SyncStatus(articleID: article.articleID, key: .read, flag: false)
+			articlesZone.sendNewArticles(newArticles) { _ in
+				completion()
 			}
-			database.insertStatuses(syncStatuses)
+		} else {
+			completion()
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
index 02c84d78f..f78d1218d 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 			static let webFeedExternalID = "webFeedExternalID"
 			static let read = "read"
 			static let starred = "starred"
-			static let userDeleted = "userDeleted"
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -82,6 +81,11 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	func sendNewArticles(_ articles: Set<Article>, completion: @escaping ((Result<Void, Error>) -> Void)) {
+		let records = makeNewStatusRecords(articles)
+		saveIfNew(records, completion: completion)
+	}
+	
 	func sendArticleStatus(_ syncStatuses: [SyncStatus], articles: Set<Article>, completion: @escaping ((Result<Void, Error>) -> Void)) {
 		
 		var records = makeStatusRecords(syncStatuses, articles)
@@ -124,6 +128,23 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 
 private extension CloudKitArticlesZone {
 	
+	func makeNewStatusRecords(_ articles: Set<Article>) -> [CKRecord] {
+		
+		var records = [CKRecord]()
+		
+		for article in articles {
+			let recordID = CKRecord.ID(recordName: article.articleID, zoneID: Self.zoneID)
+			let record = CKRecord(recordType: CloudKitArticleStatus.recordType, recordID: recordID)
+			if let webFeedExternalID = article.webFeed?.externalID {
+				record[CloudKitArticleStatus.Fields.webFeedExternalID] = webFeedExternalID
+			}
+			record[CloudKitArticleStatus.Fields.read] = "0"
+			records.append(record)
+		}
+		
+		return records
+	}
+
 	func makeStatusRecords(_ syncStatuses: [SyncStatus], _ articles: Set<Article>) -> [CKRecord] {
 		
 		var articleDict = [String: Article]()
@@ -151,8 +172,8 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZone {
 				record![CloudKitArticleStatus.Fields.read] = status.flag ? "1" : "0"
 			case .starred:
 				record![CloudKitArticleStatus.Fields.starred] = status.flag ? "1" : "0"
-			case .userDeleted:
-				record![CloudKitArticleStatus.Fields.userDeleted] = status.flag ? "1" : "0"
+			default:
+				break
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
index a5c1baf3e..3cc535d18 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate {
 
 extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate: LocalAccountRefresherDelegate {
 	
-	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles) {
+	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles, completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
+		completion()
 	}
 
 	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, requestCompletedFor: WebFeed) {
diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountDelegate.swift b/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountDelegate.swift
index 113841b64..70941c911 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountDelegate.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountDelegate.swift
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ final class LocalAccountDelegate: AccountDelegate {
 
 extension LocalAccountDelegate: LocalAccountRefresherDelegate {
 
-	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles) {
+	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess newAndUpdatedArticles: NewAndUpdatedArticles, completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
+		completion()
 	}
 	
 	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, requestCompletedFor: WebFeed) {
diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountRefresher.swift b/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountRefresher.swift
index f109c7b59..7a5873f07 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountRefresher.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/LocalAccount/LocalAccountRefresher.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import Articles
 import ArticlesDatabase
 
 protocol LocalAccountRefresherDelegate {
-	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess: NewAndUpdatedArticles)
+	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, didProcess: NewAndUpdatedArticles, completion: @escaping () -> Void)
 	func localAccountRefresher(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher, requestCompletedFor: WebFeed)
 	func localAccountRefresherDidFinish(_ refresher: LocalAccountRefresher)
 }
@@ -101,14 +101,18 @@ extension LocalAccountRefresher: DownloadSessionDelegate {
 			
 			account.update(feed, with: parsedFeed) { result in
 				if case .success(let newAndUpdatedArticles) = result {
-					self.delegate?.localAccountRefresher(self, didProcess: newAndUpdatedArticles)
-					if let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse {
-						feed.conditionalGetInfo = HTTPConditionalGetInfo(urlResponse: httpResponse)
+					self.delegate?.localAccountRefresher(self, didProcess: newAndUpdatedArticles) {
+						if let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse {
+							feed.conditionalGetInfo = HTTPConditionalGetInfo(urlResponse: httpResponse)
+						}
+						feed.contentHash = dataHash
+						completion()
+						self.delegate?.localAccountRefresher(self, requestCompletedFor: feed)
 					}
-					feed.contentHash = dataHash
+				} else {
+					completion()
+					self.delegate?.localAccountRefresher(self, requestCompletedFor: feed)
 				}
-				completion()
-				self.delegate?.localAccountRefresher(self, requestCompletedFor: feed)
 			}
 			
 		}