diff --git a/web/hooks/use-active-contracts.ts b/web/hooks/use-active-contracts.ts
index d9bdb576..67bb8574 100644
--- a/web/hooks/use-active-contracts.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/use-active-contracts.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import { Comment, getRecentComments } from '../lib/firebase/comments'
 import { Contract, listAllContracts } from '../lib/firebase/contracts'
 import { listAllFolds } from '../lib/firebase/folds'
 import { findActiveContracts } from '../pages/activity'
-import { useUpdatedContracts } from './use-contracts'
+import { useRecentBets } from './use-bets'
+import { useRecentComments } from './use-comments'
+import { useContracts } from './use-contracts'
 import { useFollowedFolds } from './use-fold'
 import { useUserBetContracts } from './use-user-bets'
 
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ export const useActiveContracts = (
   },
   user: User | undefined | null
 ) => {
-  const contracts = useUpdatedContracts(props.contracts)
+  const contracts = useContracts() ?? props.contracts
+  const recentBets = useRecentBets() ?? props.recentBets
+  const recentComments = useRecentComments() ?? props.recentComments
 
   const followedFoldIds = useFollowedFolds(user)
 
@@ -71,8 +75,6 @@ export const useActiveContracts = (
       )
   }
 
-  const { recentComments, recentBets } = props
-
   const activeContracts = findActiveContracts(
     feedContracts,
     recentComments,
diff --git a/web/hooks/use-bets.ts b/web/hooks/use-bets.ts
index 03a0cb49..5ea66e1c 100644
--- a/web/hooks/use-bets.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/use-bets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Contract } from '../../common/contract'
-import { Bet, listenForBets, withoutAnteBets } from '../lib/firebase/bets'
+import {
+  Bet,
+  listenForBets,
+  listenForRecentBets,
+  withoutAnteBets,
+} from '../lib/firebase/bets'
 
 export const useBets = (contractId: string) => {
   const [bets, setBets] = useState<Bet[] | undefined>()
@@ -25,3 +30,9 @@ export const useBetsWithoutAntes = (contract: Contract, initialBets: Bet[]) => {
 
   return bets
 }
+
+export const useRecentBets = () => {
+  const [recentBets, setRecentBets] = useState<Bet[] | undefined>()
+  useEffect(() => listenForRecentBets(setRecentBets), [])
+  return recentBets
+}
diff --git a/web/lib/firebase/bets.ts b/web/lib/firebase/bets.ts
index 642c07c4..8c78540d 100644
--- a/web/lib/firebase/bets.ts
+++ b/web/lib/firebase/bets.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export async function getRecentBets() {
   return getValues<Bet>(recentBetsQuery)
 }
 
+export function listenForRecentBets(setBets: (bets: Bet[]) => void) {
+  return listenForValues<Bet>(recentBetsQuery, setBets)
+}
+
 export async function getRecentContractBets(contractId: string) {
   const q = query(
     getBetsCollection(contractId),