diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/home_timeline/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/home_timeline/index.jsx
index 8703d0b70..5d2263f15 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/home_timeline/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/home_timeline/index.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
 import StatusListContainer from '../ui/containers/status_list_container';
 import Column from '../ui/components/column';
-import { refreshTimeline } from '../../actions/timelines';
 import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import ColumnSettingsContainer from './containers/column_settings_container';
 
@@ -13,16 +11,11 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
 const HomeTimeline = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
-    dispatch: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     intl: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired
   },
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
 
-  componentWillMount () {
-    this.props.dispatch(refreshTimeline('home'));
-  },
-
   render () {
     const { intl } = this.props;
 
@@ -36,4 +29,4 @@ const HomeTimeline = React.createClass({
 
 });
 
-export default connect()(injectIntl(HomeTimeline));
+export default injectIntl(HomeTimeline);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
index 29be491eb..d243f178f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/notifications/index.jsx
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import Column from '../ui/components/column';
-import {
-  refreshNotifications,
-  expandNotifications
-} from '../../actions/notifications';
+import { expandNotifications } from '../../actions/notifications';
 import NotificationContainer from './containers/notification_container';
 import { ScrollContainer } from 'react-router-scroll';
 import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
@@ -43,11 +40,6 @@ const Notifications = React.createClass({
 
   mixins: [PureRenderMixin],
 
-  componentWillMount () {
-    const { dispatch } = this.props;
-    dispatch(refreshNotifications());
-  },
-
   handleScroll (e) {
     const { scrollTop, scrollHeight, clientHeight } = e.target;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
index ee2e29d6f..003d061ad 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/ui/index.jsx
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import Compose from '../compose';
 import TabsBar from './components/tabs_bar';
 import ModalContainer from './containers/modal_container';
 import Notifications from '../notifications';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { isMobile } from '../../is_mobile';
 import { debounce } from 'react-decoration';
 import { uploadCompose } from '../../actions/compose';
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { isMobile } from '../../is_mobile'
+import { refreshTimeline } from '../../actions/timelines';
+import { refreshNotifications } from '../../actions/notifications';
 
 const UI = React.createClass({
 
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ const UI = React.createClass({
     window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize, { passive: true });
     window.addEventListener('dragover', this.handleDragOver);
     window.addEventListener('drop', this.handleDrop);
+
+    this.props.dispatch(refreshTimeline('home'));
+    this.props.dispatch(refreshNotifications());
   },
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/accounts.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/accounts.jsx
index 73dee9078..409dfd663 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/accounts.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/reducers/accounts.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
   FOLLOWING_EXPAND_SUCCESS,
   ACCOUNT_TIMELINE_FETCH_SUCCESS,
   ACCOUNT_TIMELINE_EXPAND_SUCCESS,
-  FOLLOW_REQUESTS_FETCH_SUCCESS
+  FOLLOW_REQUESTS_FETCH_SUCCESS,
+  ACCOUNT_FOLLOW_SUCCESS,
+  ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_SUCCESS
 } from '../actions/accounts';
 import { COMPOSE_SUGGESTIONS_READY } from '../actions/compose';
 import {
@@ -105,6 +107,10 @@ export default function accounts(state = initialState, action) {
   case TIMELINE_UPDATE:
   case STATUS_FETCH_SUCCESS:
     return normalizeAccountFromStatus(state, action.status);
+  case ACCOUNT_FOLLOW_SUCCESS:
+    return state.updateIn([action.relationship.id, 'followers_count'], num => num + 1);
+  case ACCOUNT_UNFOLLOW_SUCCESS:
+    return state.updateIn([action.relationship.id, 'followers_count'], num => Math.max(0, num - 1));
   default:
     return state;
   }