diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/UserService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/UserService.java
index 653ce0d0..565b3710 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/UserService.java
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package com.commafeed.backend.services;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.ejb.Stateless;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.model.UserRole.Role;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 @Stateless
+@Slf4j
 public class UserService {
 
 	@Inject
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ public class UserService {
 	@Inject
 	ApplicationSettingsService applicationSettingsService;
 
+	@Inject
+	FeedSubscriptionService feedSubscriptionService;
+
 	public User login(String name, String password) {
 		if (name == null || password == null) {
 			return null;
@@ -52,10 +59,20 @@ public class UserService {
 			if (authenticated) {
 				Date lastLogin = user.getLastLogin();
 				Date now = new Date();
+
+				boolean saveUser = false;
 				// only update lastLogin field every hour in order to not
 				// invalidate the cache everytime someone logs in
 				if (lastLogin == null || lastLogin.before(DateUtils.addHours(now, -1))) {
 					user.setLastLogin(now);
+					saveUser = true;
+				}
+				if (user.getLastFullRefresh() == null || user.getLastFullRefresh().before(DateUtils.addMinutes(now, -30))) {
+					user.setLastFullRefresh(now);
+					saveUser = true;
+					feedSubscriptionService.refreshAll(user);
+				}
+				if (saveUser) {
 					userDAO.saveOrUpdate(user);
 				}
 				return user;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AbstractREST.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AbstractREST.java
index 1c2334a9..2b0b2cfe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AbstractREST.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/rest/resources/AbstractREST.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.commafeed.frontend.rest.resources;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -18,8 +16,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-
 import org.apache.wicket.ThreadContext;
 import org.apache.wicket.authentication.IAuthenticationStrategy;
 import org.apache.wicket.authroles.authorization.strategies.role.Roles;
@@ -32,7 +28,6 @@ import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
 import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UserDAO;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.User;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.UserRole.Role;
-import com.commafeed.backend.services.FeedSubscriptionService;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.CommaFeedApplication;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.CommaFeedSession;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.SecurityCheck;
@@ -40,7 +35,6 @@ import com.commafeed.frontend.SecurityCheck;
 @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 @SecurityCheck(Role.USER)
-@Slf4j
 public abstract class AbstractREST {
 
 	@Context
@@ -55,9 +49,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractREST {
 	@Inject
 	private UserDAO userDAO;
 
-	@Inject
-	FeedSubscriptionService feedSubscriptionService;
-
 	@PostConstruct
 	public void init() {
 		CommaFeedApplication app = CommaFeedApplication.get();
@@ -107,8 +98,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractREST {
 
 	@AroundInvoke
 	public Object intercept(InvocationContext context) throws Exception {
-		startFullRefresh(getUser());
-
 		Method method = context.getMethod();
 
 		// check security
@@ -148,19 +137,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractREST {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	private void startFullRefresh(User user) {
-		if (user == null)
-			return;
-
-		Date now = new Date();
-		if (user.getLastFullRefresh() == null || (now.getTime() - user.getLastFullRefresh().getTime()) > TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(30)) {
-			log.info("Starting full refresh for {}", user.getName());
-			user.setLastFullRefresh(now);
-			userDAO.saveOrUpdate(user);
-			feedSubscriptionService.refreshAll(user);
-		}
-	}
-
 	private boolean checkRole(Role requiredRole) {
 		if (requiredRole == Role.NONE) {
 			return true;