diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 44a93d862..cc910c77f 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1536,7 +1536,6 @@
           favicon.src = Favicon.empty;
         }
       }
-      $.setValue('watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now());
       return watcher.lastUpdated = Date.now();
     },
     cb: {
@@ -1564,7 +1563,8 @@
       watched = $.getValue('watched', {});
       delete watched[board][id];
       $.setValue('watched', watched);
-      return watcher.refresh(watched);
+      watcher.refresh(watched);
+      return $.setValue('watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now());
     },
     watch: function(thread, id) {
       var props, tc, watched, _name;
@@ -1577,7 +1577,8 @@
       watched[_name = g.BOARD] || (watched[_name] = {});
       watched[g.BOARD][id] = props;
       $.setValue('watched', watched);
-      return watcher.refresh(watched);
+      watcher.refresh(watched);
+      return $.setValue('watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now());
     }
   };
   anonymize = {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index a361eae70..ba7cc1495 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1246,7 +1246,6 @@ watcher =
         favicon.src = Favicon.default
       else
         favicon.src = Favicon.empty
-    $.setValue 'watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now()
     watcher.lastUpdated = Date.now()
 
   cb:
@@ -1271,6 +1270,7 @@ watcher =
     $.setValue 'watched', watched
 
     watcher.refresh watched
+    $.setValue 'watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now()
 
   watch: (thread, id) ->
     tc = $('span.filetitle', thread).textContent or $('blockquote', thread).textContent
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ watcher =
     $.setValue 'watched', watched
 
     watcher.refresh watched
+    $.setValue 'watcher.lastUpdated', Date.now()
 
 anonymize =
   init: ->