diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 252548167..0182b2436 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@
 			$csync = $_REQUEST["csync"];
 			$order_by = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["order_by"]);
 
+			/* Feed -5 is a special case: it is used to display auxiliary information
+			 * when there's nothing to load - e.g. no stuff in fresh feed */
+
+			if ($feed == -5) {
+				generate_dashboard_feed($link);
+				print "</reply>";
+				return;
+			}
+
 			/* Updating a label ccache means recalculating all of the caches
 			 * so for performance reasons we don't do that here */
 
diff --git a/feedlist.js b/feedlist.js
index 3d9acafd1..ddbcd6c0e 100644
--- a/feedlist.js
+++ b/feedlist.js
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 				notify_silent_next();
 				setTimeout("viewfeed(-3)", 100);
 			} else {
+				setTimeout("viewfeed(-5)", 100);
 				remove_splash();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 259aaf556..c691039d8 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -6828,4 +6828,31 @@
 			return $headlines;
 	}
 
+	function generate_dashboard_feed($link) {
+		print "<headlines id=\"-5\" is_cat=\"\">";
+
+		print '<![CDATA[<div id="headlinesContainer">';
+
+		print "<div class='whiteBox'>".__('No feed selected.');
+
+		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT COUNT(id) AS num_errors
+			FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE last_error != '' AND owner_uid = ".$_SESSION["uid"]);
+
+		$num_errors = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "num_errors");
+
+		if ($num_errors > 0) {
+
+			print "<p><a class=\"insensitive\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"showFeedsWithErrors()\">".
+				__('Some feeds have update errors (click for details)')."</a>";
+		}
+
+		print "</div>]]>";
+		print "</headlines>";
+
+		print "<headlines-count value=\"0\"/>";
+		print "<vgroup-last-feed value=\"0\"/>";
+		print "<headlines-unread value=\"0\"/>";
+		print "<disable-cache value=\"1\"/>";
+
+	}
 ?>
diff --git a/tt-rss.js b/tt-rss.js
index e4469d8fe..8f5c28474 100644
--- a/tt-rss.js
+++ b/tt-rss.js
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ function toggleTags(show_all) {
 
 function dlg_frefresh_callback(transport, deleted_feed) {
 	if (getActiveFeedId() == deleted_feed) {
-		var h = $("headlines-frame");
-		if (h) {
-			h.innerHTML = "<div class='whiteBox'>" + __('No feed selected.') + "</div>";
-		}
+		setTimeout("viewfeed(-5)", 100);
 	}
 
 	setTimeout('updateFeedList(false, false)', 50);
@@ -1327,3 +1324,8 @@ function reverseHeadlineOrder() {
 		exception_error("reverseHeadlineOrder", e);
 	}
 }
+
+function showFeedsWithErrors() {
+	displayDlg('feedUpdateErrors');
+}
+
diff --git a/tt-rss.php b/tt-rss.php
index b9b6cbe00..bf6855741 100644
--- a/tt-rss.php
+++ b/tt-rss.php
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 
 <?php if (!get_pref($link, 'COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE')) { ?>
 	<div id="headlines-frame" class="headlines_normal">
-		<div class="whiteBox"><?php echo __('No feed selected.') ?></div></div>
+		<div class="whiteBox"><?php echo __('Loading, please wait...') ?></div></div>
 	<div id="content-frame">
 	<div id="resize-grabber"
 		onmouseover="enable_resize(true)" onmouseout="enable_resize(false)"
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 	<!-- <div class="whiteBox">&nbsp;</div> --> </div>
 <?php } else { ?>
 	<div id="headlines-frame" class="headlines_cdm">
-		<div class="whiteBox"><?php echo __('No feed selected.') ?></div></div>
+		<div class="whiteBox"><?php echo __('Loading, please wait...') ?></div></div>
 <?php } ?>
 
 <div id="footer">