diff --git a/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/BarMenu.m b/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/BarMenu.m
index 52b1fee..abd0bc3 100644
--- a/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/BarMenu.m	
+++ b/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/BarMenu.m	
@@ -129,10 +129,14 @@
 		// 3. set unread count & enabled header for all parents
 		NSArray<UnreadTotal*> *itms = [self.unreadMap itemsForPath:item.submenu.titleIndexPath create:NO];
 		for (UnreadTotal *uct in itms.reverseObjectEnumerator) {
-			[item.submenu setHeaderHasUnread:uct];
-			[item setTitleCount:uct.unread];
-			item = item.parentItem;
+			if (item) { // nil on last loop (aka main menu, see below)
+				[item.submenu setHeaderHasUnread:uct];
+				[item setTitleCount:uct.unread];
+				item = item.parentItem;
+			}
 		}
+		// call on main menu
+		[self.statusItem.mainMenu setHeaderHasUnread:itms.firstObject];
 		// TODO: need to re-create groups if user chose to hide already read articles
 	}
 }
diff --git a/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/MapUnreadTotal.m b/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/MapUnreadTotal.m
index c7f64f6..67cb011 100644
--- a/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/MapUnreadTotal.m	
+++ b/baRSS/Status Bar Menu/MapUnreadTotal.m	
@@ -14,15 +14,12 @@
 - (instancetype)initWithCoreData:(NSArray<NSDictionary*>*)data {
 	self = [super init];
 	if (self) {
-		UnreadTotal *sum = [UnreadTotal new];
-		_map = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:data.count];
-		_map[@""] = sum;
+		_map = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:data.count + 1];
+		_map[@""] = [UnreadTotal new];
 		
 		for (NSDictionary *d in data) {
 			NSUInteger u = [d[@"unread"] unsignedIntegerValue];
 			NSUInteger t = [d[@"total"] unsignedIntegerValue];
-			sum.unread += u;
-			sum.total += t;
 			
 			for (UnreadTotal *uct in [self itemsForPath:d[@"indexPath"] create:YES]) {
 				uct.unread += u;
@@ -37,6 +34,7 @@
 - (NSArray<UnreadTotal*>*)itemsForPath:(NSString*)path create:(BOOL)flag {
 	NSMutableArray<UnreadTotal*> *arr = [NSMutableArray array];
 	NSMutableString *key = [NSMutableString string];
+	[arr addObject:_map[@""]];
 	for (NSString *idx in [path componentsSeparatedByString:@"."]) {
 		if (key.length > 0)
 			[key appendString:@"."];