diff --git a/apiserver/database.py b/apiserver/database.py
index cada255..bdbd81d 100644
--- a/apiserver/database.py
+++ b/apiserver/database.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, Column, String, ForeignKey, Integer
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
@@ -66,16 +67,18 @@ def get_story_by_ref(ref):
     session = Session()
     return session.query(Story).filter(Story.ref==ref).first()
 
-def get_reflist(amount):
+def get_reflist():
     session = Session()
-    q = session.query(Reflist).order_by(Reflist.rid.desc()).limit(amount)
+    q = session.query(Reflist).order_by(Reflist.rid.desc())
     return [dict(ref=x.ref, sid=x.sid, source=x.source) for x in q.all()]
 
-def get_stories(amount):
+def get_stories(maxage=60*60*24*2):
+    time = datetime.now().timestamp() - maxage
     session = Session()
     q = session.query(Reflist, Story.meta).\
             join(Story).\
             filter(Story.title != None).\
+            filter(Story.meta['date'] > time).\
             order_by(Story.meta['date'].desc()).\
             limit(amount)
     return [x[1] for x in q]
diff --git a/apiserver/feed.py b/apiserver/feed.py
index 09a29d6..dd4bc2c 100644
--- a/apiserver/feed.py
+++ b/apiserver/feed.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 import requests
 import time
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import itertools
 
 import settings
 from feeds import hackernews, reddit, tildes, substack, manual, news
@@ -27,36 +28,39 @@ sitemaps = {}
 for key, value in settings.SITEMAP.items():
     sitemaps[key] = news.Sitemap(value['url'], value.get('tz'))
 
-def list():
-    feed = []
+def get_list():
+    feeds = {}
+    
     if settings.NUM_HACKERNEWS:
-        feed += [(x, 'hackernews') for x in hackernews.feed()[:settings.NUM_HACKERNEWS]]
+        feeds['hackernews'] = [(x, 'hackernews') for x in hackernews.feed()[:settings.NUM_HACKERNEWS]]
 
     if settings.NUM_REDDIT:
-        feed += [(x, 'reddit') for x in reddit.feed()[:settings.NUM_REDDIT]]
+        feeds['reddit'] = [(x, 'reddit') for x in reddit.feed()[:settings.NUM_REDDIT]]
 
     if settings.NUM_TILDES:
-        feed += [(x, 'tildes') for x in tildes.feed()[:settings.NUM_TILDES]]
+        feeds['tildes'] = [(x, 'tildes') for x in tildes.feed()[:settings.NUM_TILDES]]
 
     if settings.NUM_SUBSTACK:
-        feed += [(x, 'substack') for x in substack.top.feed()[:settings.NUM_SUBSTACK]]
+        feeds['substack'] = [(x, 'substack') for x in substack.top.feed()[:settings.NUM_SUBSTACK]]
 
     for key, publication in substacks.items():
         count = settings.SUBSTACK[key]['count']
-        feed += [(x, key) for x in publication.feed()[:count]]
+        feeds[key] = [(x, key) for x in publication.feed()[:count]]
 
     for key, sites in categories.items():
         count = settings.CATEGORY[key].get('count') or 0
         excludes = settings.CATEGORY[key].get('excludes')
         tz = settings.CATEGORY[key].get('tz')
-        feed += [(x, key) for x in sites.feed(excludes)[:count]]
+        feeds[key] = [(x, key) for x in sites.feed(excludes)[:count]]
 
     for key, sites in sitemaps.items():
         count = settings.SITEMAP[key].get('count') or 0
         excludes = settings.SITEMAP[key].get('excludes')
-        feed += [(x, key) for x in sites.feed(excludes)[:count]]
-
+        feeds[key] = [(x, key) for x in sites.feed(excludes)[:count]]
 
+    values = feeds.values()
+    feed = itertools.chain.from_iterable(itertools.zip_longest(*values, fillvalue=None))
+    feed = list(filter(None, feed))
     return feed
 
 def get_article(url):
diff --git a/apiserver/server.py b/apiserver/server.py
index 9a7a8a5..dfb4b26 100644
--- a/apiserver/server.py
+++ b/apiserver/server.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import traceback
 import time
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
+import settings
 import database
 import search
 import feed
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ from flask_cors import CORS
 database.init()
 search.init()
 
-FEED_LENGTH = 75
+news_length = 0
 news_index = 0
 
 def new_id():
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ cors = CORS(flask_app)
 
 @flask_app.route('/api')
 def api():
-    stories = database.get_stories(FEED_LENGTH)
+    stories = database.get_stories(settings.MAX_STORY_AGE)
     res = Response(json.dumps({"stories": stories}))
     res.headers['content-type'] = 'application/json'
     return res
@@ -145,13 +146,13 @@ def static_story(sid):
 http_server = WSGIServer(('', 33842), flask_app)
 
 def feed_thread():
-    global news_index
+    global news_index, news_length
 
     try:
         while True:
             # onboard new stories
             if news_index == 0:
-                for ref, source in feed.list():
+                for ref, source in feed.get_list():
                     if database.get_story_by_ref(ref):
                         continue
                     try:
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ def feed_thread():
                     except database.IntegrityError:
                         continue
 
-            ref_list = database.get_reflist(FEED_LENGTH)
+            ref_list = database.get_reflist()
+            news_length = len(ref_list)
 
             # update current stories
             if news_index < len(ref_list):
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ def feed_thread():
             gevent.sleep(6)
 
             news_index += 1
-            if news_index == FEED_LENGTH: news_index = 0
+            if news_index >= news_length: news_index = 0
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         logging.info('Ending feed thread...')
diff --git a/apiserver/settings.py.example b/apiserver/settings.py.example
index abb0b19..e571688 100644
--- a/apiserver/settings.py.example
+++ b/apiserver/settings.py.example
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # QotNews settings
 # edit this file and save it as settings.py
 
+MAX_STORY_AGE = 3*24*60*60
+
 # Feed Lengths
 # Number of top items from each site to pull
 # set to 0 to disable that site