diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
index 282c53cd..ad202cce 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/directives.js
@@ -79,20 +79,20 @@ module.directive('onScrollMiddle', function() {
 			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
-						+ w.height() / 3;
+				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
-						+ w.height() / 3;
+				var threshold = docTop === 0 ? elemBottom - 1 : docTop + offset;
 				return (elemBottom > threshold) ? 'below' : 'above';
 			};
 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
index 8b0a1433..f0564996 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates/feeds.view.html
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 	<div infinite-scroll="loadMoreEntries()" infinite-scroll-disabled="busy || !settingsService.settings.readingMode" infinite-scroll-distance="1" id="feed-accordion"
 		ng-class="{'expanded' : settingsService.settings.viewMode == 'expanded' }">
 		<div ng-show="message && errorCount > 10">${view.error_while_loading_feed} : {{message}}</div>
-		<div ng-repeat="entry in entries" class="entry" scroll-to="navigationMode != 'scroll' && current == entry" 
-			scroll-to-force="navigationMode == 'keyboard'" scroll-to-offset="-50" on-scroll-middle="onScroll(entry)" 
+		<div ng-repeat="entry in entries" class="entry" 
+			scroll-to="navigationMode != 'scroll' && current == entry" scroll-to-force="navigationMode == 'keyboard'" scroll-to-offset="-50" 
+			on-scroll-middle="onScroll(entry)" on-scroll-middle-offset="50"  
 			ng-class="{unread: entry.read == false, current: current==entry, open: isOpen, closed: !isOpen}">
 			<a href="{{entry.url}}" target="_blank" class="entry-heading" ng-click="noop($event)" ng-mouseup="entryClicked(entry, $event)">
 				<span class="feed-name visible-desktop">