diff --git a/businesslayer/itembusinesslayer.php b/businesslayer/itembusinesslayer.php
index d97108431..4fbca4af0 100644
--- a/businesslayer/itembusinesslayer.php
+++ b/businesslayer/itembusinesslayer.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 namespace OCA\News\BusinessLayer;
 
+use \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory;
+
 use \OCA\News\Db\Item;
 use \OCA\News\Db\ItemMapper;
 use \OCA\News\Db\StatusFlag;
@@ -35,12 +37,14 @@ class ItemBusinessLayer extends BusinessLayer {
 
 	private $statusFlag;
 	private $autoPurgeCount;
+	private $timeFactory;
 
 	public function __construct(ItemMapper $itemMapper, StatusFlag $statusFlag,
-								$autoPurgeCount=0){
+								TimeFactory $timeFactory, $autoPurgeCount=0){
 		parent::__construct($itemMapper);
 		$this->statusFlag = $statusFlag;
 		$this->autoPurgeCount = $autoPurgeCount;
+		$this->timeFactory = $timeFactory;
 	}
 
 
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ class ItemBusinessLayer extends BusinessLayer {
 	public function star($feedId, $guidHash, $isStarred, $userId){
 		// FIXME: this can throw two possible exceptions
 		$item = $this->mapper->findByGuidHash($guidHash, $feedId, $userId);
+		$item->setLastModified($this->timeFactory->getTime());
 		if($isStarred){
 			$item->setStarred();
 		} else {
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ class ItemBusinessLayer extends BusinessLayer {
 
 	public function read($itemId, $isRead, $userId){
 		$item = $this->find($itemId, $userId);
+		$item->setLastModified($this->timeFactory->getTime());
 		if($isRead){
 			$item->setRead();	
 		} else {
diff --git a/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php b/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
index 80a88f0c4..a4202e12c 100644
--- a/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
+++ b/dependencyinjection/dicontainer.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DIContainer extends BaseContainer {
 
 		$this['ItemBusinessLayer'] = $this->share(function($c){
 			return new ItemBusinessLayer($c['ItemMapper'], $c['StatusFlag'],
-								$c['autoPurgeCount']);
+								$c['TimeFactory'], $c['autoPurgeCount']);
 		});
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/businesslayer/ItemBusinessLayerTest.php b/tests/unit/businesslayer/ItemBusinessLayerTest.php
index e3ae280a6..17c477398 100644
--- a/tests/unit/businesslayer/ItemBusinessLayerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/businesslayer/ItemBusinessLayerTest.php
@@ -41,9 +41,18 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 	private $user;
 	private $response;
 	private $status;
+	private $time;
 
 
 	protected function setUp(){
+		$this->time = 222;
+		$timeFactory = $this->getMockBuilder(
+			'\OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory')
+			->disableOriginalConstructor()
+			->getMock();
+		$timeFactory->expects($this->any())
+			->method('getTime')
+			->will($this->returnValue($this->time));
 		$this->api = $this->getAPIMock();
 		$this->mapper = $this->getMockBuilder('\OCA\News\Db\ItemMapper')
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
@@ -56,7 +65,8 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 			->method('typeToStatus')
 			->will($this->returnValue($this->status));
 		$this->threshold = 2;
-		$this->itemBusinessLayer = new ItemBusinessLayer($this->mapper, $statusFlag, $this->threshold);
+		$this->itemBusinessLayer = new ItemBusinessLayer($this->mapper, 
+			$statusFlag, $timeFactory, $this->threshold);
 		$this->user = 'jack';
 		$response = 'hi';
 		$this->id = 3;
@@ -188,12 +198,20 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 
 
 	public function testStar(){
-		$feedId = 3;
+		$itemId = 3;
+		$feedId = 5;
 		$guidHash = md5('hihi');
 
 		$item = new Item();
 		$item->setStatus(128);
-		$item->setId($feedId);
+		$item->setId($itemId);
+		$item->setUnstarred();
+
+		$expectedItem = new Item();
+		$expectedItem->setStatus(128);
+		$expectedItem->setStarred();
+		$expectedItem->setId($itemId);
+		$expectedItem->setLastModified($this->time);
 
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('findByGuidHash')
@@ -205,11 +223,11 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('update')
-			->with($this->equalTo($item));
+			->with($this->equalTo($expectedItem));
 
-		$this->itemBusinessLayer->star($feedId, $guidHash, false, $this->user);
+		$this->itemBusinessLayer->star($feedId, $guidHash, true, $this->user);
 
-		$this->assertTrue($item->isUnstarred());
+		$this->assertTrue($item->isStarred());
 	}
 
 
@@ -218,6 +236,13 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 		$item = new Item();
 		$item->setStatus(128);
 		$item->setId($itemId);
+		$item->setRead();
+
+		$expectedItem = new Item();
+		$expectedItem->setStatus(128);
+		$expectedItem->setUnread();
+		$expectedItem->setId($itemId);
+		$expectedItem->setLastModified($this->time);		
 
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('find')
@@ -226,7 +251,7 @@ class ItemBusinessLayerTest extends \OCA\AppFramework\Utility\TestUtility {
 
 		$this->mapper->expects($this->once())
 			->method('update')
-			->with($this->equalTo($item));
+			->with($this->equalTo($expectedItem));
 
 		$this->itemBusinessLayer->read($itemId, false, $this->user);