diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/DataService.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/DataService.kt
index 80790f8c1..cac359629 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/DataService.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/DataService.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ class DataService @Inject constructor(
 suspend fun DataService.sync(since: String, cursor: String?, limit: Int = 15): SavedItemSyncMarker {
   val syncResult = networker.savedItemUpdates(cursor = cursor, limit = limit, since = since) ?: return SavedItemSyncMarker.errorResult
 
-  Log.d("sync", "count: ${syncResult.totalCount}; sync result: $syncResult")
-
   db.savedItemDao().insertAll(syncResult.items)
 
   return SavedItemSyncMarker(
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
index 1f0935697..0a9a1c58c 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package app.omnivore.omnivore.persistence.entities
 
 import androidx.core.net.toUri
+import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData
 import androidx.room.*
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.models.ServerSyncStatus
-import app.omnivore.omnivore.persistence.BaseDao
+import java.util.*
 
 @Entity
 data class SavedItem(
@@ -105,12 +105,15 @@ data class SavedItemCardData(
 
 @Dao
 interface SavedItemDao {
-  @Query("SELECT id, slug, publisherURLString, title, author, imageURLString, isArchived, pageURLString, contentReader FROM SavedItem")
-  fun getLibraryData(): List<SavedItemCardData>
+  @Query("SELECT id, slug, publisherURLString, title, author, imageURLString, isArchived, pageURLString, contentReader FROM SavedItem ORDER BY savedAt DESC")
+  fun getLibraryLiveData(): LiveData<List<SavedItemCardData>>
 
   @Query("SELECT * FROM savedItem")
   fun getAll(): List<SavedItem>
 
   @Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.REPLACE)
   fun insertAll(items: List<SavedItem>)
+
+  @Query("DELETE FROM savedItem WHERE id = :itemID")
+  fun deleteById(itemID: String)
 }
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryView.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryView.kt
index 35a16552d..cf6bac4c7 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryView.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryView.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ fun LibraryViewContent(
   )
 
   val cardsData: List<SavedItemCardData> by libraryViewModel.itemsLiveData.observeAsState(listOf())
+  val searchedCardsData: List<SavedItemCardData> by libraryViewModel.searchItemsLiveData.observeAsState(listOf())
+  val searchText: String by libraryViewModel.searchTextLiveData.observeAsState("")
 
   Box(
     modifier = Modifier
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ fun LibraryViewContent(
         .fillMaxSize()
         .padding(horizontal = 6.dp)
     ) {
-      items(cardsData) { cardData ->
+      items(if (searchText.isNotEmpty()) searchedCardsData else cardsData) { cardData ->
         SavedItemCard(
           cardData = cardData,
           onClickHandler = {
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
index b555199d6..31226c063 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
   private val datastoreRepo: DatastoreRepository
 ): ViewModel() {
   private var cursor: String? = null
-  private var items: List<SavedItemCardData> = listOf()
-  private var searchedItems: List<SavedItemCardData> = listOf()
 
   // These are used to make sure we handle search result
   // responses in the right order
@@ -32,14 +30,16 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
   // Live Data
   val searchTextLiveData = MutableLiveData("")
-  val itemsLiveData = MutableLiveData<List<SavedItemCardData>>(listOf())
+  val searchItemsLiveData = MutableLiveData<List<SavedItemCardData>>(listOf())
+  val itemsLiveData = dataService.db.savedItemDao().getLibraryLiveData()
+
   var isRefreshing by mutableStateOf(false)
 
   fun updateSearchText(text: String) {
     searchTextLiveData.value = text
 
     if (text == "") {
-      itemsLiveData.value = items
+      searchItemsLiveData.value = listOf()
     } else {
       load(clearPreviousSearch = true)
     }
@@ -75,25 +75,21 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-      performItemSync(cursor = null, since = lastSyncDate.toString(), count = 0)
+      performItemSync(cursor = null, since = lastSyncDate.toString(), count = 0, startTime = syncStart.toString())
     }
   }
 
-  private suspend fun performItemSync(cursor: String?, since: String, count: Int) {
+  private suspend fun performItemSync(cursor: String?, since: String, count: Int, startTime: String) {
     dataService.syncOfflineItemsWithServerIfNeeded()
     val result = dataService.sync(since = since, cursor = cursor)
     val totalCount = count + result.count
 
-    Log.d("sync", "grabbed ${result.count} items in this batch")
+    Log.d("sync", "fetched ${result.count} items")
 
     if (totalCount < 180 && !result.hasError && result.hasMoreItems && result.cursor != null) {
-      performItemSync(cursor = result.cursor, since = since, count = totalCount)
+      performItemSync(cursor = result.cursor, since = since, count = totalCount, startTime = startTime)
     } else {
-      Log.d("sync", "grabbed $count total items")
-
-      val items = dataService.db.savedItemDao().getLibraryData()
-
-      itemsLiveData.postValue(items)
+      datastoreRepo.putString(DatastoreKeys.libraryLastSyncTimestamp, startTime)
     }
   }
 
@@ -117,9 +113,7 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
       return
     }
 
-    val previousItems = if (clearPreviousSearch) listOf() else searchedItems
-    searchedItems = searchResult.cardsData
-    itemsLiveData.postValue(searchedItems)
+    searchItemsLiveData.postValue(searchResult.cardsData)
 
     CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).launch {
       isRefreshing = false
@@ -151,9 +145,10 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
   }
 
   private fun removeItemFromList(itemID: String) {
-    itemsLiveData.value?.let {
-      val newList = it.filter { item -> item.id != itemID }
-      itemsLiveData.postValue(newList)
+    viewModelScope.launch {
+      withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+        dataService.db.savedItemDao().deleteById(itemID)
+      }
     }
   }