diff --git a/src/browser.hpp b/src/browser.hpp
index a224ffe6..4c26af8d 100644
--- a/src/browser.hpp
+++ b/src/browser.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Browser : public Dialog {
 public:
   Browser(ReaPack *);
   void refresh(bool stale = false);
+  void populate();
 
 protected:
   void onInit() override;
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ class Browser : public Dialog {
 
   Entry makeEntry(const Package *, const Registry::Entry &) const;
 
-  void populate();
   void transferActions();
   bool match(const Entry &) const;
   void checkFilter();
diff --git a/src/reapack.cpp b/src/reapack.cpp
index 197a1a3a..f93d507f 100644
--- a/src/reapack.cpp
+++ b/src/reapack.cpp
@@ -506,11 +506,17 @@ Transaction *ReaPack::setupTransaction()
   });
 
   m_tx->setCleanupHandler([=] {
+    // refresh only once all onFinish slots were ran
+    if(m_browser) {
+      // don't reload indexes unless they were modified
+      if(m_tx->updatedIndexes())
+        m_browser->refresh();
+      else
+        m_browser->populate();
+    }
+
     delete m_tx;
     m_tx = nullptr;
-
-    // refresh only once all onFinish slots were ran
-    refreshBrowser();
   });
 
   return m_tx;
diff --git a/src/transaction.hpp b/src/transaction.hpp
index d87ca208..0c6cce33 100644
--- a/src/transaction.hpp
+++ b/src/transaction.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Transaction {
   bool isCancelled() const { return m_isCancelled; }
   const Receipt &receipt() const { return m_receipt; }
   size_t taskCount() const { return m_tasks.size(); }
+  bool updatedIndexes() const { return !m_remotes.empty(); }
 
   DownloadQueue *downloadQueue() { return &m_downloadQueue; }