diff --git a/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp b/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
index 5267bd991..4b825a7c7 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ void RssArticle::markAsRead() {
 
   m_read = true;
   m_parent->decrementUnreadCount();
+  m_parent->markAsDirty();
 }
 
 const QString& RssArticle::guid() const
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index 21aca08c9..f39939702 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void RssFeed::saveItemsToDisk()
   qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << m_url;
   if (!m_dirty)
     return;
-  m_dirty = false;
+  markAsDirty(false);
 
   QIniSettings qBTRSS("qBittorrent", "qBittorrent-rss");
   QVariantList old_items;
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ void RssFeed::markAsRead()
   m_manager->forwardFeedInfosChanged(m_url, displayName(), 0);
 }
 
+void RssFeed::markAsDirty(bool dirty)
+{
+  m_dirty = dirty;
+}
+
 uint RssFeed::unreadCount() const
 {
   return m_unreadCount;
@@ -356,7 +361,7 @@ void RssFeed::handleNewArticle(const QString& feedUrl, const QVariantHash& artic
   if (m_articles.contains(guid))
     return;
 
-  m_dirty = true;
+  markAsDirty();
 
   RssArticlePtr article = hashToRssArticle(this, articleData);
   Q_ASSERT(article);
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfeed.h b/src/rss/rssfeed.h
index ff82697a3..c8bd956b3 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfeed.h
+++ b/src/rss/rssfeed.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
   RssArticlePtr getItem(const QString &guid) const;
   uint count() const;
   virtual void markAsRead();
+  void markAsDirty(bool dirty = true);
   virtual uint unreadCount() const;
   virtual RssArticleList articleListByDateDesc() const;
   const RssArticleHash& articleHash() const { return m_articles; }