diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/events.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/events.cljs
index a4e20ce76c..0b67729404 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/events.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/events.cljs
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@
     (if empty-graph?
       (route-handler/redirect! {:to :import :query-params {:from "picker"}})
       (route-handler/redirect-to-home!)))
+  (when-let [dir-name (config/get-repo-dir repo)]
+    (fs/watch-dir! dir-name))
   (repo-handler/refresh-repos!)
   (file-sync-restart!))