diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js b/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
index 40077f7c..0e717d47 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/controllers.js
@@ -665,15 +665,17 @@ module.controller('FeedListCtrl', [
 		'$route',
 		'$state',
 		'$window',
+		'$timeout',
 		'$location',
 		'EntryService',
 		'SettingsService',
 		'FeedService',
 		'CategoryService',
 		'AnalyticsService',
-		function($scope, $stateParams, $http, $route, $state, $window, $location, EntryService, SettingsService, FeedService,
+		function($scope, $stateParams, $http, $route, $state, $window, $timeout, $location, EntryService, SettingsService, FeedService,
 				CategoryService, AnalyticsService) {
 
+			$window = angular.element($window);
 			AnalyticsService.track();
 
 			$scope.keywords = $location.search().q;
@@ -758,6 +760,79 @@ module.controller('FeedListCtrl', [
 				}, callback);
 			};
 
+			var watch_scrolling = true;
+			var watch_current = true;
+
+			$scope.$watch('current', function(newValue, oldValue) {
+				if (!watch_current) {
+					return;
+				}
+				if (newValue && newValue !== oldValue) {
+					var force = $scope.navigationMode == 'keyboard';
+
+					// timeout here to execute after dom update
+					$timeout(function() {
+						var docTop = $(window).scrollTop();
+						var docBottom = docTop + $(window).height();
+
+						var elem = $('#entry_' + newValue.id);
+						var elemTop = elem.offset().top;
+						var elemBottom = elemTop + elem.height();
+
+						if (!force && (elemTop > docTop) && (elemBottom < docBottom)) {
+							// element is entirely visible
+							return;
+						} else {
+							var scrollTop = elemTop - $('#toolbar').outerHeight();
+							watch_scrolling = false;
+							$('html, body').animate({
+								scrollTop : scrollTop
+							}, 400, 'swing', function() {
+								watch_scrolling = true;
+							});
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			});
+
+			var scrollHandler = function() {
+				if (!watch_scrolling || _.size($scope.entries) === 0) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				$scope.navigationMode = 'scroll';
+				if (SettingsService.settings.viewMode == 'expanded') {
+					var w = $(window);
+					var docTop = w.scrollTop();
+
+					var current = null;
+					for ( var i = 0; i < $scope.entries.length; i++) {
+						var entry = $scope.entries[i];
+						var e = $('#entry_' + entry.id);
+						if (e.offset().top + e.height() > docTop + $('#toolbar').outerHeight()) {
+							current = entry;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+
+					var previous = $scope.current;
+					$scope.current = current;
+					if (previous != current) {
+						if (SettingsService.settings.scrollMarks) {
+							$scope.mark($scope.current, true);
+						}
+						watch_current = false;
+						$scope.$apply();
+						watch_current = true;
+					}
+				}
+			};
+			var scrollListener = _.throttle(scrollHandler, 200);
+			$window.on('scroll', scrollListener);
+			$scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+				return $window.off('scroll', scrollListener);
+			});
+
 			$scope.goToFeed = function(id) {
 				$state.transitionTo('feeds.view', {
 					_type : 'feed',
@@ -955,16 +1030,6 @@ module.controller('FeedListCtrl', [
 				}
 			};
 
-			$scope.onScroll = function(entry) {
-				$scope.navigationMode = 'scroll';
-				if (SettingsService.settings.viewMode == 'expanded') {
-					$scope.current = entry;
-					if (SettingsService.settings.scrollMarks) {
-						$scope.mark(entry, true);
-					}
-				}
-			};
-
 			Mousetrap.bind('j', function(e) {
 				$scope.$apply(function() {
 					$scope.navigationMode = 'keyboard';
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
index 8906ec0c..ab9e7ab7 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
@@ -59,96 +59,6 @@ module.directive('ngBlur', function() {
 	};
 });
 
-/**
- * Fired when the top of the element is not visible anymore
- */
-module.directive('onScrollMiddle', function() {
-	return {
-		restrict : 'A',
-		link : function(scope, element, attrs) {
-
-			var w = $(window);
-			var e = $(element);
-			var d = $(document);
-
-			var offset = parseInt(attrs.onScrollMiddleOffset, 10);
-
-			var down = function() {
-				var docTop = w.scrollTop();
-				var elemTop = e.offset().top;
-				var threshold = docTop === 0 ? elemTop - 1 : docTop + offset;
-				return (elemTop > threshold) ? 'below' : 'above';
-			};
-			var up = function() {
-				var docTop = w.scrollTop();
-				var elemTop = e.offset().top;
-				var elemBottom = elemTop + e.height();
-				var threshold = docTop === 0 ? elemBottom - 1 : docTop + offset;
-				return (elemBottom > threshold) ? 'below' : 'above';
-			};
-
-			if (!w.data.scrollInit) {
-				w.data.scrollPosition = d.scrollTop();
-				w.data.scrollDirection = 'down';
-
-				var onScroll = function(e) {
-					var scroll = d.scrollTop();
-					w.data.scrollDirection = (scroll - w.data.scrollPosition > 0) ? 'down' : 'up';
-					w.data.scrollPosition = scroll;
-					scope.$apply();
-				};
-				w.bind('scroll', _.throttle(onScroll, 500));
-				w.data.scrollInit = true;
-			}
-			scope.$watch(down, function downCallback(value, oldValue) {
-				if (value != oldValue && value == 'above')
-					scope.$eval(attrs.onScrollMiddle);
-			});
-			scope.$watch(up, function upCallback(value, oldValue) {
-				if (value != oldValue && value == 'below')
-					scope.$eval(attrs.onScrollMiddle);
-			});
-		}
-	};
-});
-
-/**
- * Scrolls to the element if the value is true and the attribute is not fully
- * visible, unless the attribute scroll-to-force is true
- */
-module.directive('scrollTo', ['$timeout', function($timeout) {
-	return {
-		restrict : 'A',
-		link : function(scope, element, attrs) {
-			scope.$watch(attrs.scrollTo, function(value) {
-				if (!value)
-					return;
-				var force = scope.$eval(attrs.scrollToForce);
-
-				// timeout here to execute after dom update
-				$timeout(function() {
-					var docTop = $(window).scrollTop();
-					var docBottom = docTop + $(window).height();
-
-					var elemTop = $(element).offset().top;
-					var elemBottom = elemTop + $(element).height();
-
-					if (!force && (elemTop > docTop) && (elemBottom < docBottom)) {
-						// element is entirely visible
-						return;
-					} else {
-						var offset = parseInt(attrs.scrollToOffset, 10);
-						var scrollTop = $(element).offset().top + offset;
-						$('html, body').animate({
-							scrollTop : scrollTop
-						}, 0);
-					}
-				});
-			});
-		}
-	};
-}]);
-
 /**
  * Prevent mousewheel scrolling from propagating to the parent when scrollbar
  * reaches top or bottom
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.html b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.html
index 147ceedc..2df55ea9 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 		<div class="span10 main-content">
-			<div class="toolbar" ng-include="'templates/_toolbar.html'"></div>
+			<div id="toolbar" class="toolbar" ng-include="'templates/_toolbar.html'"></div>
 			<div class="entryList">
 				<div ui-view></div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
index 5bf07f97..d44eeed3 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 		ng-class="{'expanded' : settingsService.settings.viewMode == 'expanded' }">
 		<div ng-show="message && errorCount > 10">${view.error_while_loading_feed} : {{message}}</div>
 		<div ng-repeat="entry in entries" class="entry entry-font-size-{{font_size}}" id="entry_{{entry.id}}"
-			scroll-to="navigationMode != 'scroll' && current == entry" scroll-to-force="navigationMode == 'keyboard'" scroll-to-offset="-50" 
-			on-scroll-middle="onScroll(entry)" on-scroll-middle-offset="50"  
 			ng-class="{unread: entry.read == false, current: current==entry, open: isOpen, closed: !isOpen }">
 			<div class="entry-heading">
 				<a href="{{entry.url}}" target="_blank" class="entry-heading-link" ng-click="noop($event)" ng-mouseup="entryClicked(entry, $event)">