diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
index ef5e43856..2e40e68c9 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/AccountsScreen.hs
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{
       acct = case listSelectedElement l of
               Just (_, (_, fullacct, _, _)) -> fullacct
               Nothing -> ""
-      reload = continue . initAccountsScreen (Just acct) d
+
+      -- Customize reload to preserve the account selection while reloading.
+      -- XXX reloads only the current screen, not previous ones - ok for now as accounts screen is always the first
+      -- XXX won't have any effect when this screen is reloaded by a deeper screen's reload - should move selected acct into state
+      reload' = initAccountsScreen (Just acct)
 
     case e of
         Vty.EvKey Vty.KEsc []        -> halt st
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{
         Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'g') [] -> do
           ej <- liftIO $ journalReload j
           case ej of
-            Right j' -> reload st{ajournal=j'}
+            Right j' -> continue $ reload j' d st
             Left err -> continue $ screenEnter d ES.screen{esState=err} st
           -- (ej, changed) <- liftIO $ journalReloadIfChanged copts j
           -- case (changed, ej) of
@@ -226,20 +230,20 @@ handleAccountsScreen st@AppState{
           --   -- (True, Left err) -> continue st{amsg=err} -- XXX report parse error
           --   _                -> continue st
 
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '-') [] -> reload $ decDepth st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '+') [] -> reload $ incDepth st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '=') [] -> reload $ incDepth st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '1') [] -> reload $ setDepth 1 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '2') [] -> reload $ setDepth 2 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '3') [] -> reload $ setDepth 3 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '4') [] -> reload $ setDepth 4 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '5') [] -> reload $ setDepth 5 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '6') [] -> reload $ setDepth 6 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '7') [] -> reload $ setDepth 7 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '8') [] -> reload $ setDepth 8 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '9') [] -> reload $ setDepth 9 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '0') [] -> reload $ setDepth 0 st
-        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'f') [] -> reload $ st'
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '-') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ decDepth st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '+') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ incDepth st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '=') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ incDepth st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '1') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 1 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '2') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 2 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '3') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 3 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '4') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 4 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '5') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 5 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '6') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 6 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '7') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 7 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '8') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 8 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '9') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 9 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar '0') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ setDepth 0 st
+        Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'f') [] -> continue $ reload' d $ st'
           where
             st' = st{
               aopts=(aopts st){
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
index 023702c3a..1f8ecfa58 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/ErrorScreen.hs
@@ -103,24 +103,16 @@ handleErrorScreen st@AppState{
   ,aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=_copts}
   ,ajournal=j
   } e = do
-  -- d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
-  -- let
-  --   reload = continue . initErrorScreen d
   case e of
     Vty.EvKey Vty.KEsc []        -> halt st
     Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'q') [] -> halt st
 
     Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'g') [] -> do
-      ej <- liftIO $ journalReload j
+      d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
+      ej <- liftIO $ journalReload j -- (ej, changed) <- liftIO $ journalReloadIfChanged copts j
       case ej of
         Left err -> continue st{aScreen=s{esState=err}} -- show latest parse error
-        Right _j' -> continue $ popScreen st  -- return to previous screen. XXX should reload it too
-
-      -- (ej, changed) <- liftIO $ journalReloadIfChanged copts j
-      -- case (changed, ej) of
-      --   (True, Right j') -> reload st{ajournal=j'}
-      --   -- (True, Left err) -> continue st{amsg=err} -- XXX report parse error
-      --   _                -> continue st
+        Right j' -> continue $ reload j' d $ popScreen st  -- return to previous screen, and reload it
 
     -- Vty.EvKey (Vty.KLeft) []     -> continue $ popScreen st
     -- Vty.EvKey (Vty.KRight) []    -> error (show curItem) where curItem = listSelectedElement is
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
index 764954f25..92e49be76 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/RegisterScreen.hs
@@ -185,26 +185,19 @@ drawRegisterItem (datewidth,descwidth,acctswidth,changewidth,balwidth) selected
 handleRegisterScreen :: AppState -> Vty.Event -> EventM (Next AppState)
 handleRegisterScreen st@AppState{
    aScreen=s@RegisterScreen{rsState=is}
-  ,aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=copts}
+  ,aopts=UIOpts{cliopts_=_copts}
   ,ajournal=j
   } e = do
-  d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
-  let
-    reload = continue . initRegisterScreen d
   case e of
     Vty.EvKey Vty.KEsc []        -> halt st
     Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'q') [] -> halt st
 
     Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'g') [] -> do
-      ej <- liftIO $ journalReload j
+      d <- liftIO getCurrentDay
+      ej <- liftIO $ journalReload j  -- (ej, changed) <- liftIO $ journalReloadIfChanged copts j
       case ej of
-        Right j' -> reload st{ajournal=j'}
+        Right j' -> continue $ reload j' d st
         Left err -> continue $ screenEnter d ES.screen{esState=err} st
-      -- (ej, changed) <- liftIO $ journalReloadIfChanged copts j
-      -- case (changed, ej) of
-      --   (True, Right j') -> reload st{ajournal=j'}
-      --   -- (True, Left err) -> continue st{amsg=err} -- XXX report parse error
-      --   _                -> continue st
 
     Vty.EvKey (Vty.KLeft) []     -> continue $ popScreen st
     -- Vty.EvKey (Vty.KRight) []    -> error (show curItem) where curItem = listSelectedElement is
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
index 5b6572791..52351173b 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIUtils.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Hledger.UI.UIUtils (
   pushScreen
  ,popScreen
  ,screenEnter
+ ,reload
  ,getViewportSize
  -- ,margin
  ,withBorderAttr
@@ -29,7 +30,24 @@ import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
 import Graphics.Vty as Vty
 
 import Hledger.UI.UITypes
+import Hledger.Data.Types (Journal)
 import Hledger.Utils (applyN)
+-- import Hledger.Utils.Debug
+
+-- | Regenerate the content for the current and previous screens, from a new journal and current date.
+reload :: Journal -> Day -> AppState -> AppState
+reload j d st@AppState{aScreen=s,aPrevScreens=ss} =
+  -- clumsy due to entanglement of AppState and Screen.
+  -- sInitFn operates only on an appstate's current screen, so
+  -- remove all the screens from the appstate and then add them back
+  -- one at a time, regenerating as we go.
+  let
+    first:rest = reverse $ s:ss
+    st0 = st{ajournal=j, aScreen=first, aPrevScreens=[]}
+    st1 = (sInitFn first) d st0
+    st2 = foldl' (\st s -> (sInitFn s) d $ pushScreen s st) st1 rest
+  in
+    st2
 
 pushScreen :: Screen -> AppState -> AppState
 pushScreen scr st = st{aPrevScreens=(aScreen st:aPrevScreens st)
diff --git a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md
index 116c724ef..fcaf820da 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1.md
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ The need to precede options with `--` when invoked from hledger is awkward.
 
 `-V` doesn't affect the register screen.
 
-If you reload while in the register screen, when you return to the
-accounts screen it will be showing old data, and pressing g again will
-not reload it; you must adjust depth to force it (eg press 0).
+When you press `g`, the current and all previous screens are
+regenerated.  With large data this will cause a noticeable pause,
+which could be reduced if the previous screens were processed in a
+background thread.