diff --git a/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py b/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
index 4e464b3cb..2f1555384 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/activitystreams.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from django.db.models import signals, Q
 
 from bookwyrm import models
 from bookwyrm.redis_store import RedisStore, r
+from bookwyrm.settings import STREAMS
 from bookwyrm.views.helpers import privacy_filter
 
-
 class ActivityStream(RedisStore):
     """a category of activity stream (like home, local, federated)"""
 
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ class BooksStream(ActivityStream):
         )
 
 
-streams = {
+available_streams = [s["key"] for s in STREAMS]
+streams = {k:v for (k, v) in {
     "home": HomeStream(),
     "local": LocalStream(),
     "federated": FederatedStream(),
     "books": BooksStream(),
-}
-
+}.items() if k in available_streams}
 
 @receiver(signals.post_save)
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index a10f128d6..180191d98 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ REDIS_ACTIVITY_PORT = env("REDIS_ACTIVITY_PORT", 6379)
 REDIS_ACTIVITY_PASSWORD = env("REDIS_ACTIVITY_PASSWORD", None)
 
 MAX_STREAM_LENGTH = int(env("MAX_STREAM_LENGTH", 200))
-STREAMS = ["home", "books"]
+
+STREAMS = [
+    {"key": "home", "name": _("Home Timeline"), "shortname": _("Home")},
+    {"key": "books", "name": _("Books Timeline"), "shortname": _("Books")},
+]
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/feed/feed.html b/bookwyrm/templates/feed/feed.html
index 65cf97e19..780f1d171 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/feed/feed.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/feed/feed.html
@@ -4,35 +4,25 @@
 {% block panel %}
 
 <h1 class="title">
-    {% if tab == 'home' %}
-    {% trans "Home Timeline" %}
-    {% elif tab == 'local' %}
-    {% trans "Local Timeline" %}
-    {% else %}
-    {% trans "Federated Timeline" %}
-    {% endif %}
+    {{ tab.name }}
 </h1>
 <div class="tabs">
     <ul>
-        <li class="{% if tab == 'home' %}is-active{% endif %}"{% if tab == 'home' %} aria-current="page"{% endif %}>
-            <a href="/#feed">{% trans "Home" %}</a>
-        </li>
-        <li class="{% if tab == 'local' %}is-active{% endif %}"{% if tab == 'local' %} aria-current="page"{% endif %}>
-            <a href="/local#feed">{% trans "Local" %}</a>
-        </li>
-        <li class="{% if tab == 'federated' %}is-active{% endif %}"{% if tab == 'federated' %} aria-current="page"{% endif %}>
-            <a href="/federated#feed">{% trans "Federated" %}</a>
+        {% for stream in streams %}
+        <li class="{% if tab.key == stream.key %}is-active{% endif %}"{% if tab.key == stream.key %} aria-current="page"{% endif %}>
+            <a href="/{{ stream.key }}#feed">{{ stream.shortname }}</a>
         </li>
+        {% endfor %}
     </ul>
 </div>
 
 {# announcements and system messages #}
 {% if not activities.number > 1 %}
 <a href="{{ request.path }}" class="transition-y is-hidden notification is-primary is-block" data-poll-wrapper>
-    {% blocktrans %}load <span data-poll="stream/{{ tab }}">0</span> unread status(es){% endblocktrans %}
+    {% blocktrans %}load <span data-poll="stream/{{ tab.key }}">0</span> unread status(es){% endblocktrans %}
 </a>
 
-{% if request.user.show_goal and not goal and tab == 'home' %}
+{% if request.user.show_goal and not goal and tab.key == streams.first.key %}
 {% now 'Y' as year %}
 <section class="block">
     {% include 'snippets/goal_card.html' with year=year %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index 3d39b9d52..d3e2dad1a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ STATUS_PATH = r"%s/(%s)/(?P<status_id>\d+)" % (USER_PATH, "|".join(status_types)
 
 BOOK_PATH = r"^book/(?P<book_id>\d+)"
 
-STREAMS = "|".join(settings.STREAMS)
+STREAMS = "|".join(s["key"] for s in settings.STREAMS)
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/feed.py b/bookwyrm/views/feed.py
index 3001c86e2..d28166a3f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/feed.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/feed.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ class Feed(View):
 
     def get(self, request, tab):
         """user's homepage with activity feed"""
-        if not tab in STREAMS:
-            tab = "home"
+        tab = [s for s in STREAMS if s["key"] == tab]
+        tab = tab[0] or STREAMS[0]
 
-        activities = activitystreams.streams[tab].get_activity_stream(request.user)
+        activities = activitystreams.streams[tab["key"]].get_activity_stream(request.user)
         paginated = Paginator(activities, PAGE_LENGTH)
 
         suggestions = suggested_users.get_suggestions(request.user)
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ class Feed(View):
                 "activities": paginated.get_page(request.GET.get("page")),
                 "suggested_users": suggestions,
                 "tab": tab,
+                "streams": STREAMS,
                 "goal_form": forms.GoalForm(),
-                "path": "/%s" % tab,
+                "path": "/%s" % tab["key"],
             },
         }
         return TemplateResponse(request, "feed/feed.html", data)