diff --git a/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift b/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
index d2f64290b..76d614346 100644
--- a/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
@@ -29,12 +29,19 @@ class DetailViewController: UIViewController {
 		super.viewDidLoad()
 		self.navigationController?.navigationItem.largeTitleDisplayMode = .never
 		webView.navigationDelegate = self
+		markAsRead()
 		reloadUI()
 		reloadHTML()
 		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(statusesDidChange(_:)), name: .StatusesDidChange, object: nil)
 		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(articleSelectionChange(_:)), name: .ArticleSelectionChange, object: navState)
 	}
 
+	func markAsRead() {
+		if let article = navState?.currentArticle {
+			markArticles(Set([article]), statusKey: .read, flag: true)
+		}
+	}
+	
 	func reloadUI() {
 		
 		guard let article = navState?.currentArticle else {
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ class DetailViewController: UIViewController {
 	}
 
 	@objc func articleSelectionChange(_ note: Notification) {
+		markAsRead()
 		reloadUI()
 		reloadHTML()
 	}
diff --git a/iOS/Timeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift b/iOS/Timeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
index 37a07c183..d2ad3498d 100644
--- a/iOS/Timeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Timeline/MasterTimelineViewController.swift
@@ -270,10 +270,7 @@ class MasterTimelineViewController: UITableViewController, UndoableCommandRunner
 	
 	@objc func articleSelectionChange(_ note: Notification) {
 		
-		if let indexPath = navState?.currentArticleIndexPath, let article = navState?.articles[indexPath.row] {
-			if !article.status.read {
-				markArticles(Set([article]), statusKey: .read, flag: true)
-			}
+		if let indexPath = navState?.currentArticleIndexPath {
 			// TODO: make this scroll like the desktop version
 			if tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow != indexPath {
 				tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true, scrollPosition: .middle)