diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
index 2f4725c20..23853d869 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/MakeChanges.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages;
 
-import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property.LongProperty;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.data.Property.StringProperty;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Criterion;
-import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.DateUtilities;
-import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.Preferences;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.core.PluginServices;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.RemoteModelDao;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.TagMetadataDao;
@@ -89,26 +86,6 @@ public class MakeChanges<TYPE extends RemoteModel> extends ServerToClientMessage
                 } catch (InstantiationException e) {
                     Log.e(ERROR_TAG, "Error instantiating model for MakeChanges", e);
                 }
-            } else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_PUSHED_AT.equals(table)) {
-                long tablePushedAt = 0;
-                try {
-                    tablePushedAt = DateUtilities.parseIso8601(changes.optString(NameMaps.TABLE_ID_PUSHED_AT));
-                } catch (ParseException e) {
-                    //
-                }
-                if (tablePushedAt > 0) {
-                    String pushedAtKey = null;
-                    if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TASKS.equals(uuid))
-                        pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_TASKS;
-                    else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TAGS.equals(uuid))
-                        pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_TAGS;
-                    else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_USER_ACTIVITY.equals(uuid))
-                        pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_ACTIVITY;
-
-                    if (pushedAtKey != null)
-                        Preferences.setLong(pushedAtKey, tablePushedAt);
-
-                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/NowBriefed.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/NowBriefed.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3292a8d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/NowBriefed.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.DateUtilities;
+import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.Preferences;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.RemoteModelDao;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.data.RemoteModel;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("nls")
+public class NowBriefed<TYPE extends RemoteModel> extends ServerToClientMessage {
+
+    private static final String ERROR_TAG = "actfm-now-briefed";
+
+    private final RemoteModelDao<TYPE> dao;
+    private final String table;
+    private final String uuid;
+    private long pushedAt;
+
+    public NowBriefed(JSONObject json, RemoteModelDao<TYPE> dao) {
+        super(json);
+        this.table = json.optString("table");
+        this.uuid = json.optString("uuid");
+        this.dao = dao;
+        try {
+            this.pushedAt = DateUtilities.parseIso8601(json.optString("pushed_at"));
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            this.pushedAt = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void processMessage() {
+        if (pushedAt > 0) {
+            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(uuid)) {
+                String pushedAtKey = null;
+                if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TASKS.equals(table))
+                    pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_TASKS;
+                else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TAGS.equals(table))
+                    pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_TAGS;
+                else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_USER_ACTIVITY.equals(table))
+                    pushedAtKey = NameMaps.PUSHED_AT_ACTIVITY;
+
+                if (pushedAtKey != null)
+                    Preferences.setLong(pushedAtKey, pushedAt);
+
+            } else {
+                try {
+                    TYPE instance = dao.getModelClass().newInstance();
+                    instance.setValue(RemoteModel.PUSHED_AT_PROPERTY, pushedAt);
+                    dao.update(RemoteModel.UUID_PROPERTY.eq(uuid), instance);
+                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                    Log.e(ERROR_TAG, "Error instantiating model for NowBriefed", e);
+                } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+                    Log.e(ERROR_TAG, "Error instantiating model for NowBriefed", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/ServerToClientMessage.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/ServerToClientMessage.java
index 7d98ccdc8..a5394bded 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/ServerToClientMessage.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/messages/ServerToClientMessage.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.todoroo.astrid.actfm.sync.messages;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import com.todoroo.astrid.core.PluginServices;
-import com.todoroo.astrid.data.RemoteModel;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TagData;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.User;
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ public abstract class ServerToClientMessage {
     public abstract void processMessage();
 
     public static final String TYPE_MAKE_CHANGES = "MakeChanges";
+    public static final String TYPE_NOW_BRIEFED = "NowBriefed";
     public static final String TYPE_ACKNOWLEDGE_CHANGE = "AcknowledgeChange";
     public static final String TYPE_USER_DATA = "UserData";
     public static final String TYPE_DOUBLE_CHECK = "DoubleCheck";
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public abstract class ServerToClientMessage {
         String type = json.optString("type");
         if (TYPE_MAKE_CHANGES.equals(type))
             return instantiateMakeChanges(json, pushedAt);
+        else if (TYPE_NOW_BRIEFED.equals(type))
+            return instantiateNowBriefed(json);
         else if (TYPE_ACKNOWLEDGE_CHANGE.equals(type))
             return new AcknowledgeChange(json);
         else if (TYPE_USER_DATA.equals(type))
@@ -52,8 +54,18 @@ public abstract class ServerToClientMessage {
             return new MakeChanges<User>(json, PluginServices.getUserDao(), pushedAt);
         else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_USER_ACTIVITY.equals(table))
             return new MakeChanges<UserActivity>(json, PluginServices.getUserActivityDao(), pushedAt);
-        else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_PUSHED_AT.equals(table))
-            return new MakeChanges<RemoteModel>(json, null, 0);
+        else
+            return null;
+    }
+
+    private static NowBriefed<?> instantiateNowBriefed(JSONObject json) {
+        String table = json.optString("table");
+        if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TASKS.equals(table))
+            return new NowBriefed<Task>(json, PluginServices.getTaskDao());
+        else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_TAGS.equals(table))
+            return new NowBriefed<TagData>(json, PluginServices.getTagDataDao());
+        else if (NameMaps.TABLE_ID_USER_ACTIVITY.equals(table))
+            return new NowBriefed<UserActivity>(json, PluginServices.getUserActivityDao());
         else
             return null;
     }