diff --git a/app/routes/main/recent.coffee b/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
index 9ac661d9..5e8e2e2f 100644
--- a/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
+++ b/app/routes/main/recent.coffee
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 Route = MainTabRoute.extend
   reposTabName: 'recent'
 
+  activate: ->
+    @store.set('recentReposOpened', true)
+
 `export default Route`
diff --git a/app/store.coffee b/app/store.coffee
index 213403df..d5c40077 100644
--- a/app/store.coffee
+++ b/app/store.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 `import DS from 'ember-data'`
+`import config from 'travis/config/environment'`
 
 Store = DS.Store.extend
   defaultAdapter: 'application'
@@ -7,6 +8,22 @@ Store = DS.Store.extend
   receivePusherEvent: (event, data) ->
     [name, type] = event.split(':')
 
+    auth = @container.lookup('auth:main')
+    if !@get('recentReposOpened') && event != 'job:log' && auth.get('signedIn') &&
+        !config.pro && !config.enterprise
+      # if recent repos hasn't been opened yet, we can safely
+      # drop any events that doesn't belong to repos owned by
+      # the logged in user and that aren't related to any
+      # repositories that are already opened
+
+      permissions = auth.get('permissions')
+      if name == 'job'
+        id = data.job.repository_id
+      else if name == 'build'
+        id = data.repository.id
+
+      return if !@hasRecordForId('repo', id) && !permissions.contains(id)
+
     if name == 'job' && data.job?.commit
       @pushPayload(commits: [data.job.commit])
 
diff --git a/app/utils/auth.coffee b/app/utils/auth.coffee
index 9d2c7ff9..5852edee 100644
--- a/app/utils/auth.coffee
+++ b/app/utils/auth.coffee
@@ -144,4 +144,6 @@ Auth = Ember.Object.extend
     "#{location.protocol}//www.gravatar.com/avatar/#{@get('currentUser.gravatarId')}?s=48&d=mm"
   ).property('currentUser.gravatarId')
 
+  permissions: Ember.computed.alias('currentUser.permissions')
+
 `export default Auth`