diff --git a/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts b/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
index 25b7116c..6f70d609 100644
--- a/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
@@ -189,9 +189,8 @@ export class KhojSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     this.plugin.registerInterval(progress_indicator);
 
                     this.plugin.settings.lastSync = await updateContentIndex(
-                        this.app.vault, this.plugin.settings, this.plugin.settings.lastSync, true
+                        this.app.vault, this.plugin.settings, this.plugin.settings.lastSync, true, true
                     );
-                    new Notice('✅ Updated Khoj index.');
 
                     // Reset button once index is updated
                     window.clearInterval(progress_indicator);
diff --git a/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts b/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
index 50139162..2395c529 100644
--- a/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const supportedImageFilesTypes = fileTypeToExtension.image;
 export const supportedBinaryFileTypes = fileTypeToExtension.pdf.concat(supportedImageFilesTypes);
 export const supportedFileTypes = fileTypeToExtension.markdown.concat(supportedBinaryFileTypes);
 
-export async function updateContentIndex(vault: Vault, setting: KhojSetting, lastSync: Map<TFile, number>, regenerate: boolean = false): Promise<Map<TFile, number>> {
+export async function updateContentIndex(vault: Vault, setting: KhojSetting, lastSync: Map<TFile, number>, regenerate: boolean = false, userTriggered: boolean = false): Promise<Map<TFile, number>> {
     // Get all markdown, pdf files in the vault
     console.log(`Khoj: Updating Khoj content index...`)
     const files = vault.getFiles()
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ export async function updateContentIndex(vault: Vault, setting: KhojSetting, las
     if (error_message) {
         new Notice(error_message);
     } else {
+        if (userTriggered) new Notice('✅ Updated Khoj index.');
         console.log(`✅ Refreshed Khoj content index. Updated: ${countOfFilesToIndex} files, Deleted: ${countOfFilesToDelete} files.`);
     }