diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
index d2079086d..357426366 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/database/BlurDatabaseHelper.java
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ public class BlurDatabaseHelper {
             String q = "DELETE FROM " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_TABLE + 
                        " WHERE " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_ID + " IN " +
                        "( SELECT " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_ID + " FROM " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_TABLE +
-                       " WHERE " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_FEED_ID + " = " + feedId +
+                       " WHERE " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_READ + " = 1" +
+                       " AND " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_FEED_ID + " = " + feedId +
                        " ORDER BY " + DatabaseConstants.STORY_TIMESTAMP + " DESC" +
-                       " LIMIT -1 OFFSET " + AppConstants.MAX_STORIES_STORED +
+                       " LIMIT -1 OFFSET " + AppConstants.MAX_READ_STORIES_STORED +
                        ")";
             dbRW.execSQL(q);
         }
diff --git a/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/util/AppConstants.java b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/util/AppConstants.java
index e79cdcf72..c3508b9d3 100644
--- a/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/util/AppConstants.java
+++ b/clients/android/NewsBlur/src/com/newsblur/util/AppConstants.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class AppConstants {
     public static final int READING_STORY_PRELOAD = 5;
 
     // max old stories to keep in the DB per feed before fetching new unreads
-    public static final int MAX_STORIES_STORED = 500;
+    public static final int MAX_READ_STORIES_STORED = 10;
 
     // how many unread stories to fetch via hash at a time
     public static final int UNREAD_FETCH_BATCH_SIZE = 20;