diff --git a/ui/data.js b/ui/data.js
index a39a765a..dc6730d5 100755
--- a/ui/data.js
+++ b/ui/data.js
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ function setBaseURL(url){
 function getBaseRibbonIndex(){
 
 	// XXX
-	console.warn('Base ribbon API is still a stub...')
+	//console.warn('Base ribbon API is still a stub...')
 
 	return 0
 }
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ function setBaseRibbonIndex(n){
 	n = n == null ? 0 : n
 
 	// XXX
-	console.warn('Base ribbon API is still a stub...')
+	//console.warn('Base ribbon API is still a stub...')
 
 	return n
 }
diff --git a/ui/marks.js b/ui/marks.js
index 24cf8560..eb992c57 100755
--- a/ui/marks.js
+++ b/ui/marks.js
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ function toggleMarkBlock(image){
 function shiftMarkedImages(direction, mode, new_ribbon){
 	mode = mode == null ? 'ribbon' : mode
 	var cur = getRibbonIndex()
+	var orig_ribbon = cur
 
 	// ribbon only...
 	if(mode == 'ribbon'){
@@ -362,6 +363,8 @@ function shiftMarkedImages(direction, mode, new_ribbon){
 	DATA.ribbons = DATA.ribbons.filter(function(e){ return e.length > 0 ? true : false })
 
 	updateRibbonOrder()
+
+	$('.viewer').trigger('shiftedImages', [marked, orig_ribbon, cur])
 }
 function shiftMarkedImagesUp(mode, new_ribbon){
 	return shiftMarkedImages('prev', mode, new_ribbon)
diff --git a/ui/tags.js b/ui/tags.js
index 9b397f04..dd6f62ca 100755
--- a/ui/tags.js
+++ b/ui/tags.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 *
 **********************************************************************/
 
+// NOTE: if this is set to null the feature will be disabled...
+var UNSORTED_TAG = 'unsorted'
+
 // Tag index
 //
 // This can be constructed from tags in IMAGES with buildTagsFromImages(..)
@@ -300,7 +303,7 @@ function cropTagged(tags, cmp, keep_ribbons, keep_unloaded_gids){
 function setupTags(viewer){
 	console.log('Tags: setup...')
 
-	viewer
+	return viewer
 		.on('imagesLoaded', function(){
 			TAGS = []
 
@@ -313,14 +316,35 @@ function setupTags(viewer){
 
 			showStatusQ('Tags: Index: done ('+( t1 - t0 )+'ms).')
 		})
-		.on('aligningRibbonsSection', function(base, gids){
-			untagList(gids, 'unsorted')
-		})
 
 }
 SETUP_BINDINGS.push(setupTags)
 
 
+function setupUnsortedTagHandler(viewer){
+	console.log('Tags: "'+UNSORTED_TAG+'" tag handling: setup...')
+
+	return viewer
+		// unsorted tag handling...
+		.on('shiftedImage', function(evt, img){
+			if(UNSORTED_TAG != null){
+				removeTag(UNSORTED_TAG, getImageGID(img))
+			}
+		})
+		.on('shiftedImages', function(evt, gids){
+			if(UNSORTED_TAG != null){
+				untagList(gids, UNSORTED_TAG)
+			}
+		})
+		.on('aligningRibbonsSection', function(evt, base, gids){
+			if(UNSORTED_TAG != null){
+				untagList(gids, UNSORTED_TAG)
+			}
+		})
+}
+SETUP_BINDINGS.push(setupUnsortedTagHandler)
+
+
 
 /**********************************************************************
 * vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */