diff --git a/Reader/CoreData/PersistentContainer.swift b/Reader/CoreData/PersistentContainer.swift
index 68727e6..0ca2447 100644
--- a/Reader/CoreData/PersistentContainer.swift
+++ b/Reader/CoreData/PersistentContainer.swift
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class PersistentContainer: NSPersistentContainer {
             
             if let deleteResult = result as? NSBatchDeleteResult,
                let objectIDs = deleteResult.result as? [NSManagedObjectID] {
-                NSManagedObjectContext.mergeChanges(fromRemoteContextSave: [NSDeletedObjectsKey: objectIDs], into: [self.backgroundContext])
+                NSManagedObjectContext.mergeChanges(fromRemoteContextSave: [NSDeletedObjectsKey: objectIDs], into: [self.viewContext])
                 // todo: does the background/view contexts need to get saved then?
             }