diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 010ad38..2c393fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ It started as a joke, then a bash script, and now here it is!
 * Stream view to see all incoming messages
 * List view to show activity
 * Chat view to interact with the current channel
+* Marks unread messages in the List view
 
 ## Todo
 * Reactions to messages
-* Mark unread messages in the List view
 * Pretty format headers in List view
 * Twitter-style feed reading public messages
 * Track multiple conversations at once
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 29d3178..12648a2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -82,11 +82,17 @@ func populateList(g *gocui.Gui) {
 			if s.Channel.MembersType == keybase.TEAM {
 				recentChannelsCount++
 				if recentChannelsCount <= ((maxY - 2) / 3) {
+					if s.Unread {
+						recentChannels += "*"
+					}
 					recentChannels += fmt.Sprintf("%s\n\t#%s\n", s.Channel.Name, s.Channel.TopicName)
 				}
 			} else {
 				recentPMsCount++
 				if recentPMsCount <= ((maxY- 2) / 3) {
+					if s.Unread {
+						recentPMs += "*"
+					}
 					recentPMs += fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", cleanChannelName(s.Channel.Name))
 				}
 			}