diff --git a/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarContainerView.swift b/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarContainerView.swift
index 7b7236950..ffba092dd 100644
--- a/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarContainerView.swift
+++ b/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarContainerView.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ struct SidebarContainerView: View {
 			.environmentObject(sceneModel.sidebarModel)
 			.onAppear {
 				sceneModel.sidebarModel.undoManager = undoManager
-				sceneModel.sidebarModel.rebuildSidebarItems()
 			}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarModel.swift b/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarModel.swift
index 1d4cb2632..2ca8d7987 100644
--- a/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarModel.swift
+++ b/Multiplatform/Shared/Sidebar/SidebarModel.swift
@@ -33,19 +33,39 @@ class SidebarModel: ObservableObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 	var undoableCommands = [UndoableCommand]()
 
 	init() {
+		subscribeToUnreadCountInitialization()
+		subscribeToUnreadCountChanges()
+		subscribeToRebuildSidebarItemsEvents()
+		subscribeToSelectedFeedChanges()
+		subscribeToReadFilterChanges()
+	}
+	
+}
+
+// MARK: Private
+
+private extension SidebarModel {
+	
+	// MARK: Subscriptions
+	
+	func subscribeToUnreadCountInitialization() {
 		NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .UnreadCountDidInitialize)
 			.filter { $0.object is AccountManager }
 			.sink {  [weak self] note in
 				guard let self = self else { return	}
 				self.rebuildSidebarItems(isReadFiltered: self.isReadFiltered)
 			}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToUnreadCountChanges() {
 		NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .UnreadCountDidChange)
 			.filter { _ in AccountManager.shared.isUnreadCountsInitialized }
 			.sink {  [weak self] _ in
 				self?.queueRebuildSidebarItems()
 			}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToRebuildSidebarItemsEvents() {
 		let chidrenDidChangePublisher = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .ChildrenDidChange)
 		let batchUpdateDidPerformPublisher = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .BatchUpdateDidPerform)
 		let displayNameDidChangePublisher = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .DisplayNameDidChange)
@@ -63,8 +83,9 @@ class SidebarModel: ObservableObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 			guard let self = self else { return	}
 			self.rebuildSidebarItems(isReadFiltered: self.isReadFiltered)
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToSelectedFeedChanges() {
 		// TODO: This should be rewritten to use Combine correctly
 		$selectedFeedIdentifiers.sink { [weak self] feedIDs in
 			guard let self = self else { return }
@@ -78,24 +99,15 @@ class SidebarModel: ObservableObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 				self.selectedFeeds = [feed]
 			}
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToReadFilterChanges() {
 		$isReadFiltered.sink { [weak self] filter in
 			self?.rebuildSidebarItems(isReadFiltered: filter)
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
 	}
 	
-	// MARK: API
-	
-	/// Rebuilds the sidebar items to cause the sidebar to rebuild itself
-	func rebuildSidebarItems() {
-		rebuildSidebarItemsWithCurrentValues()
-	}
-
-}
-
-// MARK: Private
-
-private extension SidebarModel {
+	// MARK:
 	
 	func findFeed(_ feedID: FeedIdentifier) -> Feed? {
 		switch feedID {
diff --git a/Multiplatform/Shared/Timeline/TimelineModel.swift b/Multiplatform/Shared/Timeline/TimelineModel.swift
index d293e2eb8..2853f74fe 100644
--- a/Multiplatform/Shared/Timeline/TimelineModel.swift
+++ b/Multiplatform/Shared/Timeline/TimelineModel.swift
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ class TimelineModel: ObservableObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 	}
 	
 	func startup() {
+		subscribeToArticleStatusChanges()
+		subscribeToUserDefaultsChanges()
+		subscribeToSelectedFeedChanges()
+		subscribeToSelectedArticleSelectionChanges()
+	}
+	
+	// MARK: Subscriptions
+	
+	func subscribeToArticleStatusChanges() {
 		NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .StatusesDidChange).sink {  [weak self] note in
 			guard let self = self, let articleIDs = note.userInfo?[Account.UserInfoKey.articleIDs] as? Set<String> else {
 				return
@@ -99,19 +108,25 @@ class TimelineModel: ObservableObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 				}
 			}
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToUserDefaultsChanges() {
 		NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UserDefaults.didChangeNotification).sink {  [weak self] _ in
 			self?.sortDirection = AppDefaults.shared.timelineSortDirection
 			self?.groupByFeed = AppDefaults.shared.timelineGroupByFeed
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToSelectedFeedChanges() {
 		// TODO: This should be rewritten to use Combine correctly (including fixing the read filter toggle to work as a published bool)
 		delegate?.selectedFeeds.sink { [weak self] feeds in
 			guard let self = self else { return }
 			self.feeds = feeds
 			self.fetchArticles()
 		}.store(in: &cancellables)
-
+	}
+	
+	func subscribeToSelectedArticleSelectionChanges() {
 		// TODO: This should be rewritten to use Combine correctly
 		$selectedArticleIDs.sink { [weak self] articleIDs in
 			guard let self = self else { return }