diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Subscription.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Subscription.java
index 4bb637b9..91c5907b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Subscription.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Subscription.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class Subscription implements Serializable {
 	private Long id;
 	private String name;
 	private String message;
+	private int errorCount;
 	private String feedUrl;
 	private long unread;
 
@@ -51,4 +52,12 @@ public class Subscription implements Serializable {
 		this.feedUrl = feedUrl;
 	}
 
+	public int getErrorCount() {
+		return errorCount;
+	}
+
+	public void setErrorCount(int errorCount) {
+		this.errorCount = errorCount;
+	}
+
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
index 5f5b37a8..35484876 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/SubscriptionsREST.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public class SubscriptionsREST extends AbstractREST {
 				sub.setId(subscription.getId());
 				sub.setName(subscription.getTitle());
 				sub.setMessage(subscription.getFeed().getMessage());
+				sub.setErrorCount(subscription.getFeed().getErrorCount());
 				sub.setFeedUrl(subscription.getFeed().getLink());
 				Long size = unreadCount.get(subscription.getId());
 				sub.setUnread(size == null ? 0 : size);
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/directives/category.html b/src/main/webapp/directives/category.html
index 24233e30..a5ad7a6a 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/directives/category.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/directives/category.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <li> <input type="checkbox" ng-model="node.expanded" ng-click="toggleCategory(node)" /> 
 	<label ng-click="categoryClick({id: node.id})"
-		   ng-class="{selected: (node.id == selectedId && selectedType == 'category')}">{{formatCategoryName({category:node})}}
+		   ng-class="{selected: (node.id == selectedId && selectedType == 'category'), unread: unreadCount({category:node})}">{{formatCategoryName({category:node})}}
 	</label>
 	<ul>
 		<li ng-repeat="feed in node.feeds" ng-mouseenter="hovered=feed" ng-mouseleave="hovered=null" ng-class="{error: feed.message && feed.errorCount > 10}">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js b/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
index 6ce01266..948cbac7 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ module.controller('CategoryTreeCtrl', function($scope, $timeout, $stateParams,
 
 	$scope.SubscriptionService = SubscriptionService;
 
-	var unreadCount = function(category) {
+	$scope.unreadCount = function(category) {
 		var count = 0;
 		var i;
 		if (category.children) {
 			for (i = 0; i < category.children.length; i++) {
-				count = count + unreadCount(category.children[i]);
+				count = count + $scope.unreadCount(category.children[i]);
 			}
 		}
 		if (category.feeds) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module.controller('CategoryTreeCtrl', function($scope, $timeout, $stateParams,
 	};
 	
 	var rootUnreadCount = function() {
-		return unreadCount($scope.SubscriptionService.subscriptions);
+		return $scope.unreadCount($scope.SubscriptionService.subscriptions);
 	};
 	
 	$scope.$watch(rootUnreadCount, function(value) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module.controller('CategoryTreeCtrl', function($scope, $timeout, $stateParams,
 	});
 
 	$scope.formatCategoryName = function(category) {
-		var count = unreadCount(category);
+		var count = $scope.unreadCount(category);
 		var label = category.name;
 		if (count > 0) {
 			label = label + ' (' + count + ')';
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
index cf35441f..a2c7758e 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module.directive('category', function($compile) {
 			selectedId : '=',
 			feedClick : '&',
 			categoryClick : '&',
+			unreadCount : '&',
 			formatCategoryName : '&',
 			formatFeedName : '&'
 		},
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ module.directive('category', function($compile) {
 			var ul = element.find('ul');
 			var html = '<category ng-repeat="child in node.children" node="child" feed-click="feedClick({id:id})" ';
 			html = html + 'category-click="categoryClick({id:id})" selected-type="selectedType" selected-id="selectedId" ';
-			html = html + 'format-category-name="formatCategoryName({category:category})" format-feed-name="formatFeedName({feed:feed})"> ';
+			html = html + 'format-category-name="formatCategoryName({category:category})" format-feed-name="formatFeedName({feed:feed})" ';
+			html = html + 'unread-count="unreadCount({category:category})">';
 			html = html + '</category>';
 			ul.prepend(html);
 			$compile(ul.contents())(scope);
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates/_tree.html b/src/main/webapp/templates/_tree.html
index 36638188..ab8bfa10 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates/_tree.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates/_tree.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 			feed-click="feedClicked(id)" category-click="categoryClicked(id)"
 			selected-type="selectedType" selected-id="selectedId"
 			format-category-name="formatCategoryName(category)"
-			format-feed-name="formatFeedName(feed)"> </category>
+			format-feed-name="formatFeedName(feed)"
+			unread-count="unreadCount(category)"> </category>
 	</ul>
 </div>
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