diff --git a/server/scripts/modules/currentweatherscroll.mjs b/server/scripts/modules/currentweatherscroll.mjs
index 6bfb1e3..2612699 100644
--- a/server/scripts/modules/currentweatherscroll.mjs
+++ b/server/scripts/modules/currentweatherscroll.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let screenIndex = 0;
 let sinceLastUpdate = 0;
 let nextUpdate = DEFAULT_UPDATE;
 let resetFlag;
+let defaultScreensLoaded = true;
 
 // start drawing conditions
 // reset starts from the first item in the text scroll list
@@ -192,10 +193,12 @@ const setHeader = (text) => {
 const reset = () => {
 	workingScreens = [...baseScreens];
 	additionalScreens = [];
+	defaultScreensLoaded = true;
 };
 
 // add screen, keepBase keeps the regular weather crawl
 const addScreen = (screen, keepBase = true) => {
+	defaultScreensLoaded = false;
 	additionalScreens.push(screen);
 	workingScreens = [...(keepBase ? baseScreens : []), ...additionalScreens];
 };
@@ -240,6 +243,9 @@ const parseMessage = (event) => {
 	}
 };
 
+const screenCount = () => workingScreens.length;
+const atDefault = () => defaultScreensLoaded;
+
 // add event listener for start message
 window.addEventListener('message', parseMessage);
 
@@ -247,10 +253,14 @@ window.CurrentWeatherScroll = {
 	addScreen,
 	reset,
 	start,
+	screenCount,
+	atDefault,
 };
 
 export {
 	addScreen,
 	reset,
 	start,
+	screenCount,
+	atDefault,
 };
diff --git a/server/scripts/modules/custom-rss-feed.mjs b/server/scripts/modules/custom-rss-feed.mjs
index 5ee728b..33e566b 100644
--- a/server/scripts/modules/custom-rss-feed.mjs
+++ b/server/scripts/modules/custom-rss-feed.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Setting from './utils/setting.mjs';
-import { reset as resetScroll } from './currentweatherscroll.mjs';
+import { reset as resetScroll, addScreen as addScroll } from './currentweatherscroll.mjs';
 import { json } from './utils/fetch.mjs';
 
 let firstRun = true;
@@ -40,19 +40,34 @@ const getFeed = async (url) => {
 
 	// this returns a data url
 	// a few sanity checks
-	if (rssResponse.status.content_type.indexOf('application/rss+xml') < 0) return;
+	if (rssResponse.status.content_type.indexOf('xml') < 0) return;
 	if (rssResponse.contents.indexOf('base64') > 100) return;
 	// base 64 decode everything after the comma
-	const rss = atob(rssResponse.contents.split(',')[1]);
+	const rss = atob(rssResponse.contents.split('base64,')[1]);
 
 	// parse the rss
 	const doc = parser.parseFromString(rss, 'text/xml');
 
 	// get the title
-	const title = doc.querySelector('channel title').innerHTML;
+	const rssTitle = doc.querySelector('channel title').textContent;
 
 	// get each item
-	const titles = [...doc.querySelectorAll('item title')].map((t) => t.innerHTML);
+	const titles = [...doc.querySelectorAll('item title')].map((t) => t.textContent);
+
+	// reset the scroll, then add the screens
+	resetScroll();
+	titles.forEach((title) => {
+		// data is provided to the screen handler, so we return a function
+		addScroll(
+			() => ({
+				header: rssTitle,
+				type: 'scroll',
+				text: title,
+			}),
+			// false parameter does not include the default weather scrolls
+			false,
+		);
+	});
 };
 
 // change the feed source and re-load if necessary