diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc6e3496c2..3b10970ad1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "parallelshell": "^1.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.4.3",
     "source-map-loader": "^0.1.5",
-    "uglifycss": "0.0.15"
+    "uglifycss": "0.0.15",
+    "webpack": "^1.12.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/controllers/organisms/RoomList.js b/src/controllers/organisms/RoomList.js
index 37d4a4e4a2..2a01527e78 100644
--- a/src/controllers/organisms/RoomList.js
+++ b/src/controllers/organisms/RoomList.js
@@ -88,24 +88,33 @@ module.exports = {
     onRoomTimeline: function(ev, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
         if (toStartOfTimeline) return;
 
-        var newState = this.getRoomLists();
+        var hl = 0;
         if (
             room.roomId != this.props.selectedRoom &&
             ev.getSender() != MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId)
         {
-            var hl = 1;
+            // don't mark rooms as unread for just member changes
+            if (ev.getType() != "m.room.member") {
+                hl = 1;
+            }
 
             var actions = MatrixClientPeg.get().getPushActionsForEvent(ev);
             if (actions && actions.tweaks && actions.tweaks.highlight) {
                 hl = 2;
             }
+        }
+
+        if (hl > 0) {
+            var newState = this.getRoomLists();
+
             // obviously this won't deep copy but this shouldn't be necessary
             var amap = this.state.activityMap;
             amap[room.roomId] = Math.max(amap[room.roomId] || 0, hl);
 
             newState.activityMap = amap;
+
+            this.setState(newState);
         }
-        this.setState(newState);
     },
 
     onRoomName: function(room) {