diff --git a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
index ce370f1ff..2270e2b20 100644
--- a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ListTabular extends React.Component
     @_unlisten?()
     @_unlisten = dataSource.listen =>
       @setState(@buildStateForRange())
-    @setState(@buildStateForRange(dataSource: dataSource))
+    @setState(@buildStateForRange(start: -1, end: -1, dataSource: dataSource))
 
   buildStateForRange: ({dataSource, start, end} = {}) =>
     start ?= @state.renderedRangeStart
diff --git a/src/flux/stores/observable-list-data-source.coffee b/src/flux/stores/observable-list-data-source.coffee
index 91ad62ae6..437f8b305 100644
--- a/src/flux/stores/observable-list-data-source.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/stores/observable-list-data-source.coffee
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ go away!
 ###
 class ObservableListDataSource extends ListTabular.DataSource
 
-  constructor: ($resultSetObservable, @_setRetainedRange) ->
+  constructor: (@$resultSetObservable, @_setRetainedRange) ->
     super
     @_countEstimate = -1
     @_resultSet = null
     @_resultDesiredLast = null
 
-    @_subscription = $resultSetObservable.subscribe (nextResultSet) =>
+    # Wait until a retained range is set before subscribing to result sets
+
+  _attach: =>
+    @_subscription = @$resultSetObservable.subscribe (nextResultSet) =>
       if nextResultSet.range().end is @_resultDesiredLast
         @_countEstimate = Math.max(@_countEstimate, nextResultSet.range().end + 1)
       else
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ class ObservableListDataSource extends ListTabular.DataSource
   setRetainedRange: ({start, end}) ->
     @_resultDesiredLast = end
     @_setRetainedRange({start, end})
+    @_attach() if not @_subscription
 
   # Retrieving Data
 
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ class ObservableListDataSource extends ListTabular.DataSource
     @_countEstimate
 
   loaded: ->
-    @_resultSet isnt null and @_resultDesiredLast > 0
+    @_resultSet isnt null
 
   empty: =>
     not @_resultSet or @_resultSet.empty()