diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f2d476..6bee9b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Checking every feed no longer makes every icon in the feed list flash while it runs: the list keeps the icons it has already drawn.
+
 ## [0.10.0] - 2026-10-05
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tests/ui/app.spec.js b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
index da319d1..8b711bb 100644
--- a/tests/ui/app.spec.js
+++ b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
@@ -966,6 +966,24 @@ test('the Directory lists what everyone here reads, the most subscribed first, b
   await ctx.close();
 });
 
+test('the feed list keeps the icons it has drawn when a feed\'s new row comes in (#134)', async ({ page }) => {
+  await expect(page.locator('#feedlist .feed').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
+  const kept = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    const frames = () => new Promise(r => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(r)));
+    // Artwork that loads, on a feed of its own row: the fixtures' fails on purpose, for initials.
+    const row = { ...S.feeds.find(f => !f.group && !S.feeds.some(c => c.group === f.id)), image: '/favicon.png' };
+    patchFeed(row); await frames();
+    const rows = [...document.querySelectorAll('#feedlist .feed')];
+    const before = [...document.querySelectorAll('#feedlist .feed img')];
+    // The same feed's new row again, as a check of every feed sends one for each feed it reads.
+    patchFeed({ ...row }); await frames();
+    const after = [...document.querySelectorAll('#feedlist .feed img')];
+    return { drawn: before.length > 0, redrawn: !rows[0].isConnected, same: after.length === before.length && after.every((img, i) => img === before[i]) };
+  });
+  // The rows are new, the images in them the ones already drawn.
+  expect(kept).toEqual({ drawn: true, redrawn: true, same: true });
+});
+
 test('adding a feed scans it straight away', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.locator('#addFeed').click();
   await page.locator('#nurl').fill('http://127.0.0.1:8792/fresh.xml');
diff --git a/web/src/feeds.ts b/web/src/feeds.ts
index b2471a2..9145180 100644
--- a/web/src/feeds.ts
+++ b/web/src/feeds.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ function renderFeeds(){
     const row=back&&list.querySelector(`[data-id="${CSS.escape(back[0])}"]`);
     if(row) (back[1]&&$('.chev',row)||row).focus();
   };
+  // The images already drawn, to go into the rows that replace theirs. Made anew, every icon in
+  // the list went blank and loaded again, once a frame through a check of every feed, as each
+  // feed's new row came in (#134). Matched by their markup, so a changed one is made anew.
+  const drawn=new Map<string,HTMLImageElement[]>();
+  for(const img of $$('img',list)){ const k=img.outerHTML; if(!drawn.has(k)) drawn.set(k,[]); drawn.get(k).push(img); }
   list.innerHTML='';
   const unreadAll=S.feeds.reduce((n,f)=>n+(f.unread||0),0);
   const places=document.createElement('div');
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ function renderFeeds(){
       `<span class="badge${unread?'':' zero'}" title="${unread} unread">${unread>999?'999+':unread}</span>`;
     el.onclick=()=>{ selectFeed(f.id); nav(false); };
     if(kids) $('.chev',el).onclick=ev=>{ ev.stopPropagation(); toggleGroup(f.id); };
+    for(const img of $$('img',el)){ const was=drawn.get(img.outerHTML)?.shift(); if(was) img.replaceWith(was); }
     list.appendChild(el);
   }
   paintScanning();