diff --git a/components/app.js b/components/app.js
index 0359ed1..025ca7e 100644
--- a/components/app.js
+++ b/components/app.js
@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			let lastReadReceipt = this.getReceipt(buf.name, ReceiptType.READ);
+			let prevReadReceipt = this.getReceipt(buf.name, ReceiptType.READ);
 			// TODO: only mark as read if user scrolled at the bottom
 			this.setBufferState(buf.id, {
 				unread: Unread.NONE,
-				lastReadReceipt,
+				prevReadReceipt,
 			});
 
 			if (this.buffer.current) {
diff --git a/components/buffer.js b/components/buffer.js
index 501a03a..d5f119e 100644
--- a/components/buffer.js
+++ b/components/buffer.js
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ export default class Buffer extends Component {
 		buf.messages.forEach((msg) => {
 			let sep = [];
 
-			if (!hasUnreadSeparator && buf.type != BufferType.SERVER && buf.lastReadReceipt && msg.tags.time > buf.lastReadReceipt.time) {
+			if (!hasUnreadSeparator && buf.type != BufferType.SERVER && buf.prevReadReceipt && msg.tags.time > buf.prevReadReceipt.time) {
 				sep.push(html`<${UnreadSeparator} key="unread"/>`);
 				hasUnreadSeparator = true;
 			}
diff --git a/state.js b/state.js
index fd67043..372bcd7 100644
--- a/state.js
+++ b/state.js
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export const State = {
 			offline: false, // if nick
 			messages: [],
 			unread: Unread.NONE,
-			lastReadReceipt: null,
+			prevReadReceipt: null,
 		});
 		bufferList = bufferList.sort(compareBuffers);
 		let buffers = new Map(bufferList.map((buf) => [buf.id, buf]));