diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index c9489f7..629a5f2 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createMemo, ErrorBoundary, Accessor } from "solid-js";
 import { useKeyboard, useSelectionHandler } from "@opentui/solid";
 import { TabNavigation } from "./components/TabNavigation";
 import { CodeValidation } from "@/components/CodeValidation";
+import { LoadingIndicator } from "@/components/LoadingIndicator";
 import { useAuthStore } from "@/stores/auth";
 import { useFeedStore } from "@/stores/feed";
 import { useAudio } from "@/hooks/useAudio";
@@ -89,10 +90,13 @@ export function App() {
         audioSeekBackward: isSeekBackward,
         quit: isQuit,
       });
-      if (isCycle) {
-      }
 
-      // only handling top
+      // only handling top navigation here, cycle through tabs, just to high priority(player) all else to be handled in each tab
+      if (nav.activeDepth == 0) {
+        if (isCycle) {
+          nav.nextTab();
+        }
+      }
     },
     { release: false },
   );
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ export function App() {
         </box>
       )}
     >
+      <LoadingIndicator isLoading={feedStore.isLoadingFeeds()} />
       {DEBUG && (
         <box flexDirection="row" width="100%" height={1}>
           <text fg={theme.primary}>█</text>
@@ -149,7 +154,6 @@ export function App() {
           onTabSelect={nav.setActiveTab}
         />
         {LayerGraph[nav.activeTab]()}
-        {/** TODO: Contextual controls based on tab/depth**/}
       </box>
     </ErrorBoundary>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/LoadingIndicator.tsx b/src/components/LoadingIndicator.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85a0a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/LoadingIndicator.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Loading indicator component
+ * Displays an animated sliding bar at the top of the screen
+ */
+
+import { For } from "solid-js";
+import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
+
+interface LoadingIndicatorProps {
+  isLoading: boolean;
+}
+
+export function LoadingIndicator(props: LoadingIndicatorProps) {
+  const { theme } = useTheme();
+
+  if (!props.isLoading) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <box
+      flexDirection="row"
+      width="100%"
+      height={1}
+      backgroundColor={theme.background}
+    >
+      <For each={Array.from({ length: 10 })}>
+        {(_, index) => (
+          <box
+            width={2}
+            backgroundColor={theme.primary}
+            style={{ opacity: 0.1 + index() * 0.1 }}
+          />
+        )}
+      </For>
+    </box>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/config/keybind.jsonc b/src/config/keybind.jsonc
index 0dff2b2..6e85465 100644
--- a/src/config/keybind.jsonc
+++ b/src/config/keybind.jsonc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "inverse": ["shift"],
   "leader": ":", // will not trigger while focused on input
   "quit": ["<leader>q"],
+    "refresh": ["<leader>r"],
   "audio-toggle": ["<leader>p"],
   "audio-pause": [],
   "audio-play": [],
diff --git a/src/context/KeybindContext.tsx b/src/context/KeybindContext.tsx
index d33be69..248645f 100644
--- a/src/context/KeybindContext.tsx
+++ b/src/context/KeybindContext.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const { use: useKeybinds, provider: KeybindProvider } =
         inverse: [],
         leader: "",
         quit: [],
+        refresh: [],
         "audio-toggle": [],
         "audio-pause": [],
         "audio-play": [],
@@ -95,9 +96,6 @@ export const { use: useKeybinds, provider: KeybindProvider } =
 
         for (const key of keys) {
           if (evt.name === key) return true;
-          if (evt.shift && key.toLowerCase() !== key) return false;
-          if (evt.ctrl && !key.toLowerCase().includes("ctrl")) return false;
-          if (evt.meta && !key.toLowerCase().includes("meta")) return false;
         }
         return false;
       }
diff --git a/src/context/NavigationContext.tsx b/src/context/NavigationContext.tsx
index ec96fe7..296d204 100644
--- a/src/context/NavigationContext.tsx
+++ b/src/context/NavigationContext.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,48 @@
 import { createSignal } from "solid-js";
 import { createSimpleContext } from "./helper";
-import { TABS } from "../utils/navigation";
+import { TABS, TabsCount } from "@/utils/navigation";
 
-export const { use: useNavigation, provider: NavigationProvider } = createSimpleContext({
-  name: "Navigation",
-  init: () => {
-    const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = createSignal<TABS>(TABS.FEED);
-    const [activeDepth, setActiveDepth] = createSignal(0);
-    const [inputFocused, setInputFocused] = createSignal(false);
+export const { use: useNavigation, provider: NavigationProvider } =
+  createSimpleContext({
+    name: "Navigation",
+    init: () => {
+      const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = createSignal<TABS>(TABS.FEED);
+      const [activeDepth, setActiveDepth] = createSignal(0);
+      const [inputFocused, setInputFocused] = createSignal(false);
 
-    return {
-      get activeTab() {
-        return activeTab();
-      },
-      get activeDepth() {
-        return activeDepth();
-      },
-      get inputFocused() {
-        return inputFocused();
-      },
-      setActiveTab,
-      setActiveDepth,
-      setInputFocused,
-    };
-  },
-});
+      //conveniences
+      const nextTab = () => {
+        if (activeTab() >= TabsCount) {
+          setActiveTab(1);
+          return;
+        }
+        setActiveTab(activeTab() + 1);
+      };
+
+      const prevTab = () => {
+        if (activeTab() <= 1) {
+          setActiveTab(TabsCount);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        setActiveTab(activeTab() - 1);
+      };
+
+      return {
+        get activeTab() {
+          return activeTab();
+        },
+        get activeDepth() {
+          return activeDepth();
+        },
+        get inputFocused() {
+          return inputFocused();
+        },
+        setActiveTab,
+        setActiveDepth,
+        setInputFocused,
+        nextTab,
+        prevTab,
+      };
+    },
+  });
diff --git a/src/stores/feed.ts b/src/stores/feed.ts
index ea4aca9..b7cfbe8 100644
--- a/src/stores/feed.ts
+++ b/src/stores/feed.ts
@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
   const [sources, setSources] = createSignal<PodcastSource[]>([
     ...DEFAULT_SOURCES,
   ]);
-
-  (async () => {
-    const loadedFeeds = await loadFeedsFromFile();
-    if (loadedFeeds.length > 0) setFeeds(loadedFeeds);
-    const loadedSources = await loadSourcesFromFile<PodcastSource>();
-    if (loadedSources && loadedSources.length > 0) setSources(loadedSources);
-  })();
   const [filter, setFilter] = createSignal<FeedFilter>({
     visibility: "all",
     sortBy: "updated" as FeedSortField,
@@ -62,6 +55,7 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
   });
   const [selectedFeedId, setSelectedFeedId] = createSignal<string | null>(null);
   const [isLoadingMore, setIsLoadingMore] = createSignal(false);
+  const [isLoadingFeeds, setIsLoadingFeeds] = createSignal(false);
 
   /** Get filtered and sorted feeds */
   const getFilteredFeeds = (): Feed[] => {
@@ -148,6 +142,13 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
     return allEpisodes;
   };
 
+  /** Sort episodes in reverse chronological order (newest first) */
+  const sortEpisodesReverseChronological = (episodes: Episode[]): Episode[] => {
+    return [...episodes].sort(
+      (a, b) => b.pubDate.getTime() - a.pubDate.getTime(),
+    );
+  };
+
   /** Fetch latest episodes from an RSS feed URL, caching all parsed episodes */
   const fetchEpisodes = async (
     feedUrl: string,
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
       if (!response.ok) return [];
       const xml = await response.text();
       const parsed = parseRSSFeed(xml, feedUrl);
-      const allEpisodes = parsed.episodes;
+      const allEpisodes = sortEpisodesReverseChronological(parsed.episodes);
 
       // Cache all parsed episodes for pagination
       if (feedId) {
@@ -264,12 +265,25 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
 
   /** Refresh all feeds */
   const refreshAllFeeds = async () => {
-    const currentFeeds = feeds();
-    for (const feed of currentFeeds) {
-      await refreshFeed(feed.id);
+    setIsLoadingFeeds(true);
+    try {
+      const currentFeeds = feeds();
+      for (const feed of currentFeeds) {
+        await refreshFeed(feed.id);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoadingFeeds(false);
     }
   };
 
+  (async () => {
+    const loadedFeeds = await loadFeedsFromFile();
+    if (loadedFeeds.length > 0) setFeeds(loadedFeeds);
+    const loadedSources = await loadSourcesFromFile<PodcastSource>();
+    if (loadedSources && loadedSources.length > 0) setSources(loadedSources);
+    await refreshAllFeeds();
+  })();
+
   /** Remove a feed */
   const removeFeed = (feedId: string) => {
     fullEpisodeCache.delete(feedId);
@@ -445,6 +459,7 @@ export function createFeedStore() {
     getFeed,
     getSelectedFeed,
     hasMoreEpisodes,
+    isLoadingFeeds,
 
     // Actions
     setFilter,