diff --git a/astroid/scripts/pending.sh b/astroid/scripts/pending.sh
index ebd5201..0964de5 100755
--- a/astroid/scripts/pending.sh
+++ b/astroid/scripts/pending.sh
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ if [[ "$CURDATE" != "$LASTDATE" ]]; then
     # if new pending days more than 1
     if [[ $day -ge 1 ]]; then
       notmuch tag -"$tag" +"${BASETAG}${day}" -- tag:"$tag"
-    # otherwise, delete pending tag and set unpending tag
+    # otherwise, delete pending tag and set unpending+unread tag
     else
-      notmuch tag -"$tag" +"$UNPENDTAG" -- tag:"$tag"
+      notmuch tag -"$tag" +"$UNPENDTAG" +unread -- tag:"$tag"
     fi
   done