diff --git a/ui/lib/app.js b/ui/lib/app.js
index 8502865..1ba16df 100644
--- a/ui/lib/app.js
+++ b/ui/lib/app.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function fetchLatestState (cb) {
     // update observables
     app.observ.peers(app.peers)
     var stats = require('./util').getPubStats()
-    app.observ.hasSyncIssue(!stats.membersof || !stats.active)
+    app.observ.hasSyncIssue(stats.hasSyncIssue)
     for (var k in app.indexCounts)
       if (app.observ.indexCounts[k])
         app.observ.indexCounts[k](app.indexCounts[k])
diff --git a/ui/lib/pages/sync.js b/ui/lib/pages/sync.js
index 9de3046..c6f76fd 100644
--- a/ui/lib/pages/sync.js
+++ b/ui/lib/pages/sync.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
         var warning
         if (stats.membersof === 0)
           warning = h('p', com.icon('warning-sign'), ' You need to join a pub if you want to communicate across the Internet!')
-        else if (stats.active === 0)
+        else if (stats.active === 0 && stats.untried === 0)
           warning = h('p', com.icon('warning-sign'), ' None of your pubs are responding! Are you connected to the Internet?')
 
         return h('.pub-status',
diff --git a/ui/lib/util.js b/ui/lib/util.js
index 24e0fb7..58bb5b0 100644
--- a/ui/lib/util.js
+++ b/ui/lib/util.js
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ exports.decryptThread = function (thread, cb) {
 }
 
 exports.getPubStats = function () {
-  var membersof=0, active=0
+  var membersof=0, active=0, untried=0
   app.peers.forEach(function (peer) {
     // filter out LAN peers
     if (peer.host == 'localhost' || peer.host.indexOf('192.168.') === 0)
@@ -293,9 +293,12 @@ exports.getPubStats = function () {
       membersof++
       if (peer.time && peer.time.connect && (peer.time.connect > peer.time.attempt) || peer.connected)
         active++
+      if (!peer.time || !peer.time.attempt)
+        untried++
     }
   })
-  return { membersof: membersof, active: active }
+  
+  return { membersof: membersof, active: active, untried: untried, hasSyncIssue: (!membersof || (!untried && !active)) }
 }
 
 exports.getExtLinkName = function (link) {
diff --git a/ui/main.js b/ui/main.js
index ea5cf24..14b8a67 100644
--- a/ui/main.js
+++ b/ui/main.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function onGossipEvent (e) {
 
   // update observables
   app.observ.peers(app.peers)
-  app.observ.hasSyncIssue(!stats.membersof || !stats.active)
+  app.observ.hasSyncIssue(stats.hasSyncIssue)
 }
 
 function onReplicationEvent (e) {