diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
index dfba26ebb..53206470b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "common/PopularityDefs.h"
 #include "RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "channels/ShareKey.h"
+#include "notifyqt.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rspeers.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsforums.h>
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ ForumsDialog::ForumsDialog(QWidget *parent)
 
     m_bProcessSettings = false;
     subscribeFlags = 0;
+    inMsgAsReadUnread = false;
 
     connect( ui.forumTreeWidget, SIGNAL( treeCustomContextMenuRequested( QPoint ) ), this, SLOT( forumListCustomPopupMenu( QPoint ) ) );
     connect( ui.threadTreeWidget, SIGNAL( customContextMenuRequested( QPoint ) ), this, SLOT( threadListCustomPopupMenu( QPoint ) ) );
@@ -160,6 +162,8 @@ ForumsDialog::ForumsDialog(QWidget *parent)
     connect(ui.filterPatternLineEdit, SIGNAL(textChanged(const QString &)), this, SLOT(filterRegExpChanged()));
     connect(ui.filterColumnComboBox, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(filterColumnChanged()));
 
+    connect(NotifyQt::getInstance(), SIGNAL(forumMsgReadSatusChanged(QString,QString,int)), this, SLOT(forumMsgReadSatusChanged(QString,QString,int)));
+
     /* Set initial size the splitter */
     QList<int> sizes;
     sizes << 300 << width(); // Qt calculates the right sizes
@@ -631,6 +635,35 @@ void ForumsDialog::clickedThread (QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column)
     }
 }
 
+void ForumsDialog::forumMsgReadSatusChanged(const QString &forumId, const QString &msgId, int status)
+{
+    if (inMsgAsReadUnread) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (forumId.toStdString() == mCurrForumId) {
+        /* Search exisiting item */
+        QTreeWidgetItemIterator itemIterator(ui.threadTreeWidget);
+        QTreeWidgetItem *item = NULL;
+        while ((item = *itemIterator) != NULL) {
+            itemIterator++;
+
+            if (item->data(COLUMN_THREAD_DATA, ROLE_THREAD_MSGID).toString() == msgId) {
+                // update status
+                item->setData(COLUMN_THREAD_DATA, ROLE_THREAD_STATUS, status);
+
+                QTreeWidgetItem *parentItem = item;
+                while (parentItem->parent()) {
+                    parentItem = parentItem->parent();
+                }
+                CalculateIconsAndFonts(parentItem);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    updateMessageSummaryList(forumId.toStdString());
+}
+
 void ForumsDialog::CalculateIconsAndFonts(QTreeWidgetItem *pItem, bool &bHasReadChilddren, bool &bHasUnreadChilddren)
 {
     uint32_t status = pItem->data(COLUMN_THREAD_DATA, ROLE_THREAD_STATUS).toUInt();
@@ -1260,6 +1293,8 @@ void ForumsDialog::setMsgAsReadUnread(QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> &Rows, bool bRead)
     QList<QTreeWidgetItem*>::iterator Row;
     std::list<QTreeWidgetItem*> changedItems;
 
+    inMsgAsReadUnread = true;
+
     for (Row = Rows.begin(); Row != Rows.end(); Row++) {
         if ((*Row)->data(COLUMN_THREAD_DATA, ROLE_THREAD_MISSING).toBool()) {
             /* Missing message */
@@ -1293,6 +1328,8 @@ void ForumsDialog::setMsgAsReadUnread(QList<QTreeWidgetItem*> &Rows, bool bRead)
         }
     }
 
+    inMsgAsReadUnread = false;
+
     if (changedItems.size()) {
         for (std::list<QTreeWidgetItem*>::iterator it = changedItems.begin(); it != changedItems.end(); it++) {
             CalculateIconsAndFonts(*it);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
index e09fd8330..201bd8a83 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ private slots:
     void changedForum(const QString &id);
     void changedThread();
     void clickedThread (QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column);
+    void forumMsgReadSatusChanged(const QString &forumId, const QString &msgId, int status);
 
     void replytomessage();
     //void print();
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ private:
     bool FilterItem(QTreeWidgetItem *pItem, QString &sPattern, int filterColumn);
 
     bool m_bProcessSettings;
+    bool inMsgAsReadUnread;
 
     QTreeWidgetItem *yourForums;
     QTreeWidgetItem *subscribedForums;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
index 5ec4be72f..6c7381621 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ MessageWidget::MessageWidget(bool controlled, QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
 		processSettings("MessageWidget", true);
 	}
 
-    /* Hide platform specific features */
+	ui.dateText-> setText("");
+
+	/* Hide platform specific features */
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
 
 #endif