diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
index c48e147a2..ce7e8dfa5 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 		this.following = [];
 		this.drafts = {};
 		this.expanded = {};
+		this.start_time = new Date().valueOf() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 	}
 
 	async fetch_messages() {
@@ -85,11 +86,42 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 				`,
 				[
 					JSON.stringify(this.following),
-					new Date().valueOf() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+					this.start_time,
 				]);
 		}
 	}
 
+	async load_more() {
+		let last_start_time = this.start_time;
+		this.start_time = last_start_time - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+		let more = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
+			`
+				WITH news AS (SELECT messages.*
+				FROM messages
+				JOIN json_each(?) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
+				WHERE messages.timestamp > ?
+				AND messages.timestamp <= ?
+				ORDER BY messages.timestamp DESC)
+				SELECT messages.*
+					FROM news
+					JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.ref
+					JOIN messages ON messages_refs.message = messages.id
+				UNION
+				SELECT messages.*
+					FROM news
+					JOIN messages_refs ON news.id = messages_refs.message
+					JOIN messages ON messages_refs.ref = messages.id
+				UNION
+				SELECT news.* FROM news
+			`,
+			[
+				JSON.stringify(this.following),
+				this.start_time,
+				last_start_time,
+			]);
+		this.messages = [...more, ...this.messages];
+	}
+
 	render() {
 		if (!this.messages ||
 			this._messages_hash !== this.hash ||
@@ -106,7 +138,16 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 				alert(JSON.stringify(error, null, 2));
 			});
 		}
-		return html`<tf-news id="news" whoami=${this.whoami} .users=${this.users} .messages=${this.messages} .following=${this.following} .drafts=${this.drafts} .expanded=${this.expanded}></tf-news>`;
+		let more;
+		if (!this.hash.startsWith('#@') && !this.hash.startsWith('#%')) {
+			more = html`
+				<input type="button" value="Load More" @click=${this.load_more}></input>
+			`;
+		}
+		return html`
+			<tf-news id="news" whoami=${this.whoami} .users=${this.users} .messages=${this.messages} .following=${this.following} .drafts=${this.drafts} .expanded=${this.expanded}></tf-news>
+			${more}
+		`;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news.js
index e7faa96cf..6f4eab783 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TfTabNewsElement extends LitElement {
 
 	show_more() {
 		let unread = this.unread;
-		let news = this.renderRoot?.getElementById('news');
+		let news = this.shadowRoot?.getElementById('news');
 		if (news) {
 			console.log('injecting messages', news.messages);
 			news.messages = Object.values(Object.fromEntries([...this.unread, ...news.messages].map(x => [x.id, x])));
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class TfTabNewsElement extends LitElement {
 	on_keypress(event) {
 		if (event.target === document.body &&
 			event.key == '.') {
-			console.log(this);
 			this.show_more();
 		}
 	}