diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
index 60be5b5e0..ebe8626cf 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/LibraryItemFetcher.swift
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import Views
     }
   }
 
-  func loadSearchQuery(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState, isRefresh: Bool) async {
+  func loadSearchQuery(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState, isRefresh: Bool, loadCursor: String? = nil) async {
     let thisSearchIdx = searchIdx
     searchIdx += 1
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import Views
     let queryResult = try? await dataService.loadLinkedItems(
       limit: 10,
       searchQuery: searchQuery(filterState),
-      cursor: isRefresh ? nil : cursor
+      cursor: isRefresh ? nil : loadCursor ?? cursor
     )
 
     if let appliedFilter = filterState.appliedFilter, let queryResult = queryResult {
@@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ import Views
     BadgeCountHandler.updateBadgeCount(dataService: dataService)
   }
 
-  func loadMoreItems(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState, isRefresh: Bool) async {
+  func loadMoreItems(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState) async {
     if let appliedFilter = filterState.appliedFilter, appliedFilter.shouldRemoteSearch {
-      await loadSearchQuery(dataService: dataService, filterState: filterState, isRefresh: isRefresh)
+      let idx = max(items.count - 1, 0)
+      await loadSearchQuery(dataService: dataService, filterState: filterState, isRefresh: false, loadCursor: idx.description)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
index 542376b8c..06192da7b 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
@@ -1041,18 +1041,27 @@ struct BottomView: View {
   @ObservedObject var viewModel: HomeFeedViewModel
   @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
 
+  @State var autoLoading = false
+
   var body: some View {
-    if viewModel.fetcher.items.count < 5 {
-      Color.clear
-        .onAppear {
-          Task {
-            await viewModel.loadMore(dataService: dataService)
-          }
-          print("BOTTOM APPEARED")
+    innerBody
+      .onAppear {
+        Task {
+          autoLoading = true
+          await viewModel.loadMore(dataService: dataService)
+          autoLoading = false
         }
+      }
+  }
+
+  var innerBody: some View {
+    if viewModel.fetcher.items.count < 5 {
+      AnyView(Color.clear)
     } else {
-      HStack {
-        Text("You are all caught up.")
+      AnyView(HStack {
+        if !autoLoading {
+          Text("You are all caught up.")
+        }
         Spacer()
         if viewModel.isLoading {
           ProgressView()
@@ -1066,7 +1075,7 @@ struct BottomView: View {
           })
             .foregroundColor(Color.blue)
         }
-      }.padding(10)
+      }.padding(10))
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
index c02e72978..062eb00c6 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ import Views
       return
     }
 
-    await loadMoreItems(dataService: dataService, filterState: filterState, isRefresh: false)
+    isLoading = true
+    await fetcher.loadMoreItems(dataService: dataService, filterState: filterState)
+    isLoading = false
+
     lastMoreFetched = start
   }
 
@@ -140,22 +143,12 @@ import Views
     showLoadingBar = false
   }
 
-  func loadMoreItems(dataService: DataService, filterState: FetcherFilterState, isRefresh: Bool) async {
-    isLoading = true
-
-    await fetcher.loadMoreItems(dataService: dataService, filterState: filterState, isRefresh: isRefresh)
-
-    isLoading = false
-  }
-
   func loadFeatureItems(context: NSManagedObjectContext, predicate: NSPredicate, sort: NSSortDescriptor) async -> [Models.LibraryItem] {
     let fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<Models.LibraryItem> = LibraryItem.fetchRequest()
     fetchRequest.fetchLimit = 25
     fetchRequest.predicate = predicate
     fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = [sort]
 
-    print("using predicate to load feature items: ", predicate)
-
     do {
       let fetched = try context.fetch(fetchRequest)
       return fetched