diff --git a/js/AppBase.js b/js/AppBase.js
index c7e2210947ecf7d47c30a1584c92affc21417e68..bb2c3cbcc8a57e72a6216f08c5ab3aa6b3419bb3 100644
--- a/js/AppBase.js
+++ b/js/AppBase.js
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
 					const seq = reply['seq'];
 
 					if (seq && this.get_seq() != seq) {
-						console.log("[handleRpcJson] sequence mismatch: " + seq +
-							" (want: " + this.get_seq() + ")");
+						console.log("[handleRpcJson] sequence mismatch: ", seq, '!=', this.get_seq());
 						return true;
 					}
 
diff --git a/js/Headlines.js b/js/Headlines.js
index bbf48738bb22e1910a2439f93bf9caa348fda9c0..19ab69d16d67cd55cae61ccc275f8096b5d26382 100755
--- a/js/Headlines.js
+++ b/js/Headlines.js
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function (declare) {
 
 			if (promises.length > 0)
 				Promise.all([promises]).then(() => {
-					Feeds.requestCounters(true);
+					setTimeout(() => {
+						Feeds.requestCounters(true);
+					}, 1000);
 				});
 
 		},