diff --git a/public/src/forum/footer.js b/public/src/forum/footer.js
index 1bcdac57bf..abee2958ac 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/footer.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/footer.js
@@ -8,11 +8,30 @@ define(['notifications', 'chat'], function(Notifications, Chat) {
 	Chat.prepareDOM();
 	translator.prepareDOM();
 
-	function updateUnreadCount(err, count) {
+	function markCurrentTopicRead(tid) {
+		if(tids && tids.length > 0 && tids.indexOf(tid) !== -1) {
+			socket.emit('topics.markAsRead', {tid: tid, uid: app.uid});
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function updateUnreadCount(err, tids) {
+		var count = 0;
+		if(tids && tids.length) {
+			count = tids.length;
+		}
+
+		var postContainer = $('#post-container');
+		if(postContainer.length) {
+			markCurrentTopicRead(postContainer.attr('data-tid'));
+			return;
+		}
+
 		$('#unread-count').toggleClass('unread-count', count > 0);
 		$('#unread-count').attr('data-content', count > 20 ? '20+' : count);
 	}
 
+
 	socket.on('event:unread.updateCount', updateUnreadCount);
 	socket.emit('user.getUnreadCount', updateUnreadCount);
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/forum/topic.js b/public/src/forum/topic.js
index 1725bc8347..ceba1026f8 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/topic.js
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ define(['composer'], function(composer) {
 			'posts.favourite'
 		]);
 
-
 		socket.on('get_users_in_room', function(data) {
 
 			if(data && data.room.indexOf('topic') !== -1) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index 8dd19299ed..9b1c8936cd 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -71,13 +71,23 @@ SocketTopics.postcount = function(socket, tid, callback) {
 	topics.getTopicField(tid, 'postcount', callback);
 };
 
+SocketTopics.markAsRead = function(socket, data) {
+	if(!data || !data.tid || !data.uid) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	topics.markAsRead(data.tid, data.uid, function(err) {
+		topics.pushUnreadCount(data.uid);
+	});
+}
+
 SocketTopics.markAllRead = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	topics.markAllRead(socket.uid, function(err) {
 		if(err) {
 			return callback(err);
 		}
 
-		index.server.sockets.in('uid_' + socket.uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, 0);
+		index.server.sockets.in('uid_' + socket.uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, []);
 
 		callback(null);
 	});
diff --git a/src/socket.io/user.js b/src/socket.io/user.js
index ea608750e4..957ec2c5d5 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/user.js
@@ -141,9 +141,7 @@ SocketUser.getOnlineAnonCount = function(socket, data, callback) {
 };
 
 SocketUser.getUnreadCount = function(socket, data, callback) {
-	topics.getUnreadTids(socket.uid, 0, 19, function(err, tids) {
-		callback(err, tids?tids.length:0);
-	});
+	topics.getUnreadTids(socket.uid, 0, 19, callback);
 };
 
 SocketUser.getActiveUsers = function(socket, data, callback) {
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 7b11c4f972..ba88cef81b 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ var async = require('async'),
 									return callback(err, null);
 								}
 
-								Topics.markAsRead(tid, uid);
-								Topics.pushUnreadCount();
+								Topics.markAsRead(tid, uid, function(err) {
+									Topics.pushUnreadCount(null);
+								});
 							});
 						});
 					});
@@ -633,9 +634,13 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			uids = [uids];
 		}
 
+		uids = uids.filter(function(value) {
+			return parseInt(value, 10) !== 0;
+		});
+
 		async.each(uids, function(uid, next) {
 			Topics.getUnreadTids(uid, 0, 19, function(err, tids) {
-				websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, tids.length);
+				websockets.in('uid_' + uid).emit('event:unread.updateCount', null, tids);
 				next();
 			});
 		}, function(err) {
@@ -764,8 +769,9 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 			// "quiet" is used for things like RSS feed updating, HTML parsing for non-js users, etc
 			if (!quiet) {
-				Topics.markAsRead(tid, current_user);
-				Topics.pushUnreadCount(current_user);
+				Topics.markAsRead(tid, current_user, function(err) {
+					Topics.pushUnreadCount(current_user);
+				});
 				Topics.increaseViewCount(tid);
 			}
 
@@ -916,13 +922,15 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			if (tids && tids.length) {
-				for (var i = 0; i < tids.length; ++i) {
-					Topics.markAsRead(tids[i], uid);
-				}
+			if(!tids || !tids.length) {
+				return callback(null);
 			}
 
-			callback(null);
+			function markRead(tid, next) {
+				Topics.markAsRead(tid, uid, next);
+			}
+
+			async.each(tids, markRead, callback);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -938,9 +946,13 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		db.delete('tid:' + tid + ':read_by_uid', callback);
 	}
 
-	Topics.markAsRead = function(tid, uid) {
+	Topics.markAsRead = function(tid, uid, callback) {
 
-		db.setAdd('tid:' + tid + ':read_by_uid', uid);
+		db.setAdd('tid:' + tid + ':read_by_uid', uid, function(err) {
+			if(callback) {
+				callback(err);
+			}
+		});
 
 		Topics.getTopicField(tid, 'cid', function(err, cid) {