diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/ws.ts b/apps/client/src/services/ws.ts
index b873289b4..79f64c598 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/ws.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/ws.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { EntityChange } from "../server_types.js";
 import { WebSocketMessage } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 
 type MessageHandler = (message: WebSocketMessage) => void;
-const messageHandlers: MessageHandler[] = [];
+let messageHandlers: MessageHandler[] = [];
 
 let ws: WebSocket;
 let lastAcceptedEntityChangeId = window.glob.maxEntityChangeIdAtLoad;
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ function logInfo(message: string) {
 window.logError = logError;
 window.logInfo = logInfo;
 
-function subscribeToMessages(messageHandler: MessageHandler) {
+export function subscribeToMessages(messageHandler: MessageHandler) {
     messageHandlers.push(messageHandler);
 }
 
+export function unsubscribeToMessage(messageHandler: MessageHandler) {
+    messageHandlers = messageHandlers.filter(handler => handler !== messageHandler);
+}
+
 // used to serialize frontend update operations
 let consumeQueuePromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/NoteList.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/NoteList.tsx
index af5d831c8..1c82abe90 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/NoteList.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/NoteList.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import ViewModeStorage from "../view_widgets/view_mode_storage";
 import CalendarView from "./calendar";
 import TableView from "./table";
 import BoardView from "./board";
+import { subscribeToMessages, unsubscribeToMessage as unsubscribeFromMessage } from "../../services/ws";
+import { WebSocketMessage } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 
 interface NoteListProps<T extends object> {
     note?: FNote | null;
@@ -137,6 +139,23 @@ function useNoteIds(note: FNote | null | undefined, viewType: ViewTypeOptions |
         }
     })
 
+    // Refresh on import.
+    useEffect(() => {
+        function onImport(message: WebSocketMessage) {
+            if (!("taskType" in message) || message.taskType !== "importNotes" || message.type !== "taskSucceeded") return;
+            const { parentNoteId, importedNoteId } = message.result;
+            if (parentNoteId && importedNoteId && (parentNoteId === note?.noteId || noteIds.includes(parentNoteId))) {
+                setNoteIds([
+                    ...noteIds,
+                    importedNoteId
+                ])
+            }
+        }
+
+        subscribeToMessages(onImport);
+        return () => unsubscribeFromMessage(onImport);
+    }, [ note, noteIds, setNoteIds ])
+
     return noteIds;
 }