diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
index 76189ca1b..6062be93e 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ import Views
   }
 
   func loadItems(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState, isRefresh: Bool, forceRemote: Bool = false) async {
+    if isRefresh {
+      cursor = nil
+      limit = 5
+    }
+
     await withTaskGroup(of: Void.self) { group in
       group.addTask { await self.loadCurrentViewer(dataService: dataService) }
       group.addTask { await self.loadLabels(dataService: dataService) }
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ import Views
     var subPredicates = [NSPredicate]()
 
     // TODO: FOLLOWING MIGRATION: invert this once the following migration has completed
-    if !UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "LibraryTabView::hideFollowingTab") {
+    if !(filterState.appliedFilter?.ignoreFolders ?? false), !UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "LibraryTabView::hideFollowingTab") {
       let folderPredicate = NSPredicate(
         format: "%K == %@", #keyPath(Models.LibraryItem.folder), filterState.folder
       )
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/LinkedItemNetworkQuery.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/LinkedItemNetworkQuery.swift
index 117e1922a..2ed12e99f 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/LinkedItemNetworkQuery.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/DataService/Queries/LinkedItemNetworkQuery.swift
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ private let syncItemEdgeSelection = Selection.SyncUpdatedItemEdge {
 }
 
 private let searchItemSelection = Selection.SearchItem {
-  InternalLibraryItem(
+  return InternalLibraryItem(
     id: try $0.id(),
     title: try $0.title(),
     createdAt: try $0.createdAt().value ?? Date(),
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalFilter.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalFilter.swift
index 7830a6433..08a68f5ae 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalFilter.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Services/InternalModels/InternalFilter.swift
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ public struct InternalFilter: Encodable, Identifiable, Hashable, Equatable {
     predicate != nil
   }
 
+  public var ignoreFolders: Bool {
+    return name == "Deleted"
+  }
+
   public var predicate: NSPredicate? {
     let undeletedPredicate = NSPredicate(
       format: "%K != %i AND %K != \"DELETED\"",