diff --git a/src/components/timeline.jsx b/src/components/timeline.jsx
index 9d7984ba..d5ad0bd4 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline.jsx
+++ b/src/components/timeline.jsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useIdle } from '@uidotdev/usehooks';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
 import { InView } from 'react-intersection-observer';
@@ -205,13 +206,21 @@ function Timeline({
   }, [nearReachEnd, showMore]);
 
   const isHovering = useRef(false);
+  const idle = useIdle(5000);
+  console.debug('🧘‍♀️ IDLE', idle);
   const loadOrCheckUpdates = useCallback(
     async ({ disableHoverCheck = false } = {}) => {
-      console.log('✨ Load or check updates', snapStates.settings.autoRefresh);
+      console.log('✨ Load or check updates', {
+        autoRefresh: snapStates.settings.autoRefresh,
+        scrollTop: scrollableRef.current.scrollTop,
+        disableHoverCheck,
+        idle,
+        inBackground: inBackground(),
+      });
       if (
         snapStates.settings.autoRefresh &&
         scrollableRef.current.scrollTop === 0 &&
-        (disableHoverCheck || !isHovering.current) &&
+        (disableHoverCheck || idle) &&
         !inBackground()
       ) {
         console.log('✨ Load updates', snapStates.settings.autoRefresh);
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ function Timeline({
         }
       }
     },
-    [id, loadItems, checkForUpdates, snapStates.settings.autoRefresh],
+    [id, idle, loadItems, checkForUpdates, snapStates.settings.autoRefresh],
   );
 
   const lastHiddenTime = useRef();
diff --git a/src/pages/notifications.jsx b/src/pages/notifications.jsx
index cb2af4ec..03490828 100644
--- a/src/pages/notifications.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/notifications.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import './notifications.css';
 
+import { useIdle } from '@uidotdev/usehooks';
 import { memo } from 'preact/compat';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio';
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ function Notifications() {
   }, [nearReachEnd, showMore]);
 
   const isHovering = useRef(false);
+  const idle = useIdle(5000);
+  console.debug('🧘‍♀️ IDLE', idle);
   const loadUpdates = useCallback(() => {
     console.log('✨ Load updates', {
       autoRefresh: snapStates.settings.autoRefresh,
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ function Notifications() {
     if (
       snapStates.settings.autoRefresh &&
       scrollableRef.current?.scrollTop === 0 &&
-      !isHovering.current &&
+      (!isHovering.current || idle) &&
       !inBackground() &&
       snapStates.notificationsShowNew &&
       uiState !== 'loading'
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ function Notifications() {
       loadNotifications(true);
     }
   }, [
+    idle,
     snapStates.notificationsShowNew,
     snapStates.settings.autoRefresh,
     uiState,