diff --git a/js/feedlist.js b/js/feedlist.js
index 2c1acc310..932297be8 100644
--- a/js/feedlist.js
+++ b/js/feedlist.js
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 	try {
 		console.log("in feedlist init");
 
+		loading_set_progress(50);
+
 		document.onkeydown = hotkey_handler;
 		setTimeout("hotkey_prefix_timeout()", 5*1000);
 
diff --git a/js/tt-rss.js b/js/tt-rss.js
index c6c0c13dd..577922948 100644
--- a/js/tt-rss.js
+++ b/js/tt-rss.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function init() {
 		if (!genericSanityCheck())
 			return false;
 
-		loading_set_progress(20);
+		loading_set_progress(30);
 
 		var a = document.createElement('audio');
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ function init_second_stage() {
 			setActiveFeedId(hash_feed_id, hash_feed_is_cat);
 		}
 
-		loading_set_progress(30);
+		loading_set_progress(50);
 
 		// can't use cache_clear() here because viewfeed might not have initialized yet
 		if ('sessionStorage' in window && window['sessionStorage'] !== null)
diff --git a/js/viewfeed.js b/js/viewfeed.js
index ada225cbf..3e78f4ca9 100644
--- a/js/viewfeed.js
+++ b/js/viewfeed.js
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ function headlines_callback2(transport, offset, background, infscroll_req) {
 	try {
 		handle_rpc_json(transport);
 
-		loading_set_progress(25);
-
 		console.log("headlines_callback2 [offset=" + offset + "] B:" + background + " I:" + infscroll_req);
 
 		var is_cat = false;