diff --git a/ui/component/sideNavigation/view.jsx b/ui/component/sideNavigation/view.jsx
index 3f60d76ff..d3e75f7e5 100644
--- a/ui/component/sideNavigation/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/sideNavigation/view.jsx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ type Props = {
   activeChannelStakedLevel: number,
   wildWestDisabled: boolean,
   doClearClaimSearch: () => void,
-  doFetchLastActiveSubs: (count?: number) => void,
+  doFetchLastActiveSubs: (force?: boolean, count?: number) => void,
 };
 
 function SideNavigation(props: Props) {
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ function SideNavigation(props: Props) {
         const filter = subscriptionFilter.toLowerCase();
         displayedSubscriptions = subscriptions.filter((sub) => sub.channelName.toLowerCase().includes(filter));
       } else {
-        displayedSubscriptions = lastActiveSubs || subscriptions.slice(0, SIDEBAR_SUBS_DISPLAYED);
+        displayedSubscriptions =
+          lastActiveSubs && lastActiveSubs.length > 0 ? lastActiveSubs : subscriptions.slice(0, SIDEBAR_SUBS_DISPLAYED);
       }
 
       return (
diff --git a/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/index.js b/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/index.js
index fd7760c60..3534c6487 100644
--- a/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/index.js
+++ b/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { doResolveUris } from 'redux/actions/claims';
+import { doFetchLastActiveSubs } from 'redux/actions/subscriptions';
 import { selectLastActiveSubscriptions, selectSubscriptionUris } from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
 import ChannelsFollowingManage from './view';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ const select = (state) => ({
 
 const perform = {
   doResolveUris,
+  doFetchLastActiveSubs,
 };
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(ChannelsFollowingManage);
diff --git a/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/view.jsx b/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/view.jsx
index 735133756..8273df37b 100644
--- a/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/page/channelsFollowingManage/view.jsx
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ type Props = {
   subscribedChannelUris: Array<string>,
   lastActiveSubs: ?Array<Subscription>,
   doResolveUris: (uris: Array<string>, returnCachedClaims: boolean, resolveReposts: boolean) => void,
+  doFetchLastActiveSubs: (force?: boolean, count?: number) => void,
 };
 
 export default function ChannelsFollowingManage(props: Props) {
-  const { subscribedChannelUris, lastActiveSubs, doResolveUris } = props;
+  const { subscribedChannelUris, lastActiveSubs, doResolveUris, doFetchLastActiveSubs } = props;
 
   // The locked-on-mount full set of subscribed uris.
   const [uris, setUris] = React.useState([]);
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ export default function ChannelsFollowingManage(props: Props) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps, (only need to respond to 'filterQuery')
   }, [filterQuery]);
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    doFetchLastActiveSubs(true);
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <Page className="followManage-wrapper" noFooter>
       <div className="card__title-section">