diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedEntryService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedEntryService.java
index 531cd1d6..b32de691 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedEntryService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedEntryService.java
@@ -31,17 +31,18 @@ public class FeedEntryService {
 	@Inject
 	CacheService cache;
 
-	public void markEntry(User user, Long entryId, Long subscriptionId, boolean read) {
-		FeedSubscription sub = feedSubscriptionDAO.findById(user, subscriptionId);
-		if (sub == null) {
-			return;
-		}
+	public void markEntry(User user, Long entryId, boolean read) {
 
 		FeedEntry entry = feedEntryDAO.findById(entryId);
 		if (entry == null) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		FeedSubscription sub = feedSubscriptionDAO.findByFeed(user, entry.getFeed());
+		if (sub == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		FeedEntryStatus status = feedEntryStatusDAO.getStatus(sub, entry);
 		if (status.isMarkable()) {
 			status.setRead(read);
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ public class FeedEntryService {
 	}
 
 	public void markSubscriptionEntries(User user, List<FeedSubscription> subscriptions, Date olderThan) {
-		List<FeedEntryStatus> statuses = feedEntryStatusDAO.findBySubscriptions(subscriptions, true, null, null, -1, -1, null, false, false);
+		List<FeedEntryStatus> statuses = feedEntryStatusDAO
+				.findBySubscriptions(subscriptions, true, null, null, -1, -1, null, false, false);
 		markList(statuses, olderThan);
 		cache.invalidateUnreadCount(subscriptions.toArray(new FeedSubscription[0]));
 		cache.invalidateUserRootCategory(user);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
index 0341ab76..5472e769 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/request/MarkRequest.java
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ public class MarkRequest implements Serializable {
 	@ApiProperty(value = "entry id, category id, 'all' or 'starred'", required = true)
 	private String id;
 
-	@ApiProperty(value = "feed id, only required when marking an entry")
-	private Long feedId;
-
 	@ApiProperty(value = "mark as read or unread")
 	private boolean read;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
index 5d192de0..f948d72f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/JsonProvider.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets;
 import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 @Provider
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class JsonProvider implements MessageBodyReader<Object>, MessageBodyWrite
 	private static final String CONTENT_TYPE_VALUE_SUFFIX = ";charset=UTF-8";
 	private static final String CACHE_CONTROL_VALUE = "no-cache";
 
-	private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+	private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
 
 	@Override
 	public void writeTo(Object value, Class<?> type, Type genericType, Annotation[] annotations, MediaType mediaType,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/EntryREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/EntryREST.java
index f31d253e..a3284b26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/EntryREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/EntryREST.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class EntryREST extends AbstractREST {
 
 	@Inject
 	FeedSubscriptionDAO feedSubscriptionDAO;
-	
+
 	@Inject
 	ApplicationSettingsService applicationSettingsService;
 
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ public class EntryREST extends AbstractREST {
 	public Response markFeedEntry(@ApiParam(value = "Mark Request", required = true) MarkRequest req) {
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req);
 		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getId());
-		Preconditions.checkNotNull(req.getFeedId());
 
-		feedEntryService.markEntry(getUser(), Long.valueOf(req.getId()), req.getFeedId(), req.isRead());
+		feedEntryService.markEntry(getUser(), Long.valueOf(req.getId()), req.isRead());
 		return Response.ok(Status.OK).build();
 	}
 
@@ -73,6 +72,4 @@ public class EntryREST extends AbstractREST {
 		return Response.ok(Status.OK).build();
 	}
 
-
-
 }