diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivityView.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivityView.java
index 688cd9ec4e..9d69d300f7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivityView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ActivityView.java
@@ -1177,7 +1177,11 @@ public class ActivityView extends ActivityBilling implements FragmentManager.OnB
                 onMenuOutbox();
 
             } else if (action.startsWith("thread")) {
-                intent.putExtra("id", Long.parseLong(action.split(":", 2)[1]));
+                long id = Long.parseLong(action.split(":", 2)[1]);
+                boolean ignore = intent.getBooleanExtra("ignore", false);
+                if (ignore)
+                    ServiceUI.ignore(this, id);
+                intent.putExtra("id", id);
                 onViewThread(intent);
 
             } else if (action.equals("widget")) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
index 0ec34bc39a..bd3d13f03d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
@@ -4341,24 +4341,16 @@ class Core {
             args.putLong("id", id);
 
             // Build pending intents
-            PendingIntent piContent;
-            if (notify_remove) {
-                Intent thread = new Intent(context, ServiceUI.class);
-                thread.setAction("ignore:" + message.id);
-                thread.putExtra("view", true);
-                piContent = PendingIntentCompat.getService(
-                        context, ServiceUI.PI_THREAD, thread, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
-            } else {
-                Intent thread = new Intent(context, ActivityView.class);
-                thread.setAction("thread:" + message.id);
-                thread.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
-                thread.putExtra("account", message.account);
-                thread.putExtra("folder", message.folder);
-                thread.putExtra("thread", message.thread);
-                thread.putExtra("filter_archive", !EntityFolder.ARCHIVE.equals(message.folderType));
-                piContent = PendingIntentCompat.getActivity(
-                        context, ActivityView.PI_THREAD, thread, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
-            }
+            Intent thread = new Intent(context, ActivityView.class);
+            thread.setAction("thread:" + message.id);
+            thread.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+            thread.putExtra("account", message.account);
+            thread.putExtra("folder", message.folder);
+            thread.putExtra("thread", message.thread);
+            thread.putExtra("filter_archive", !EntityFolder.ARCHIVE.equals(message.folderType));
+            thread.putExtra("ignore", notify_remove);
+            PendingIntent piContent = PendingIntentCompat.getActivity(
+                    context, ActivityView.PI_THREAD, thread, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
 
             Intent ignore = new Intent(context, ServiceUI.class).setAction("ignore:" + message.id);
             PendingIntent piIgnore = PendingIntentCompat.getService(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceUI.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceUI.java
index f8b3792b8c..5260f53f41 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceUI.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceUI.java
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ public class ServiceUI extends IntentService {
                     break;
 
                 case "ignore":
-                    boolean view = intent.getBooleanExtra("view", false);
-                    onIgnore(id, view);
+                    onIgnore(id);
                     break;
 
                 case "wakeup":
@@ -427,7 +426,7 @@ public class ServiceUI extends IntentService {
         }
     }
 
-    private void onIgnore(long id, boolean open) {
+    private void onIgnore(long id) {
         EntityMessage message;
         EntityFolder folder;
 
@@ -449,17 +448,6 @@ public class ServiceUI extends IntentService {
         } finally {
             db.endTransaction();
         }
-
-        if (open) {
-            Intent thread = new Intent(this, ActivityView.class);
-            thread.setAction("thread:" + message.id);
-            thread.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
-            thread.putExtra("account", message.account);
-            thread.putExtra("folder", message.folder);
-            thread.putExtra("thread", message.thread);
-            thread.putExtra("filter_archive", !EntityFolder.ARCHIVE.equals(folder.type));
-            startActivity(thread);
-        }
     }
 
     private void onSync(long aid) {
@@ -484,8 +472,9 @@ public class ServiceUI extends IntentService {
 
     static void sync(Context context, Long account) {
         try {
-            context.startService(new Intent(context, ServiceUI.class)
-                    .setAction(account == null ? "sync" : "sync:" + account));
+            Intent sync = new Intent(context, ServiceUI.class)
+                    .setAction(account == null ? "sync" : "sync:" + account);
+            context.startService(sync);
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             Log.e(ex);
             /*
@@ -499,4 +488,14 @@ public class ServiceUI extends IntentService {
              */
         }
     }
+
+    static void ignore(Context context, long id) {
+        try {
+            Intent ignore = new Intent(context, ServiceUI.class)
+                    .setAction("ignore:" + id);
+            context.startService(ignore);
+        } catch (Throwable ex) {
+            Log.e(ex);
+        }
+    }
 }