diff --git a/default.glade b/default.glade
index aeb22d8..9be404f 100644
--- a/default.glade
+++ b/default.glade
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 	  <property name="vscrollbar_policy">GTK_POLICY_ALWAYS</property>
 	  <property name="shadow_type">GTK_SHADOW_NONE</property>
 	  <property name="window_placement">GTK_CORNER_TOP_LEFT</property>
+	  <signal name="grab_focus" handler="set_tweets_read" last_modification_time="Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:09:46 GMT"/>
 
 	  <child>
 	    <widget class="GtkViewport" id="viewport1">
diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index e635924..acc3282 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
         self.tweets = []
         self.list = None
         self.reply_id = None
+        self.last_tweet_read = None
         self.latest_tweet = None
 
         # Authenticate with twitter, set up the API object
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ class MyTwitter():
             statuses = self.api.GetListStatuses(self.list, per_page=self.num_entries)
 
         # If this is our first load of this list, don't treat anything as new!
-        if self.latest_tweet is None:
-            self.latest_tweet = statuses[0].id
+        if self.last_tweet_read is None:
+            self.last_tweet_read = statuses[0].id
 
         # Keep count of the new tweets for posting a status message
         num_new_tweets = 0
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
         for i in range(0, self.num_entries):
             read = True
             if i < len(statuses):
-                if statuses[i].id > self.latest_tweet:
+                if statuses[i].id > self.last_tweet_read:
                     num_new_tweets += 1
                     read = False
                 self.tweets[i].set_status(statuses[i], read)
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
     def on_list_select_changed(self, widget):
         self.list = widget.get_active_text()
-        self.latest_tweet = None
+        self.last_tweet_read = None
         self.update_window()
 
 
@@ -159,6 +160,11 @@ class MyTwitter():
     def on_retweet(self, widget):
         self.api.PostRetweet(widget.id)
 
+
+    def set_tweets_read(self):
+        print 'debug: set_tweets_read()'
+        self.last_tweet_read = self.latest_tweet
+
 ### end class MyTwitter