diff --git a/ui/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs b/ui/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
index a483f1b80..a849631f9 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
+++ b/ui/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
@@ -108,13 +108,21 @@ impl CompactListing {
         });
         // Get mailbox as a reference.
         //
-        loop {
-            // TODO: Show progress visually
-            if context.accounts[self.cursor_pos.0]
-                .status(self.cursor_pos.1)
-                .is_ok()
-            {
-                break;
+        // TODO: Show progress visually
+        match context.accounts[self.cursor_pos.0].status(self.cursor_pos.1) {
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(_) => {
+                self.content = CellBuffer::new(MAX_COLS, 1, Cell::with_char(' '));
+                self.length = 0;
+                write_string_to_grid(
+                    "Loading.",
+                    &mut self.content,
+                    Color::Default,
+                    Color::Default,
+                    ((0, 0), (MAX_COLS - 1, 0)),
+                    true,
+                );
+                return;
             }
         }
         let mailbox = &context.accounts[self.cursor_pos.0][self.cursor_pos.1]
diff --git a/ui/src/state.rs b/ui/src/state.rs
index 24ae50f4c..bb39129b1 100644
--- a/ui/src/state.rs
+++ b/ui/src/state.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ impl Context {
     }
     pub fn account_status(&mut self, idx_a: usize, idx_m: usize) -> result::Result<bool, usize> {
         match self.accounts[idx_a].status(idx_m) {
-            Ok(()) => Ok(true),
+            Ok(()) => {
+                self.replies.push_back(UIEvent {
+                    id: 0,
+                    event_type: UIEventType::MailboxUpdate((idx_a, idx_m)),
+                });
+                Ok(true)
+            }
             Err(n) => Err(n),
         }
     }