1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index 532668ae..007e35fc 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ sub lei_q {
          }
          if ($opt->{'local'} //= scalar(@only) ? 0 : 1) {
                  $lxs->prepare_external($lse);
+        } else {
+                my $tmp = PublicInbox::LeiXSearch->new;
+                $tmp->prepare_external($lse);
+                $self->ale->refresh_externals($tmp);
          }
          if (@only) {
                  for my $loc (@only) {
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ sub lei_q {
          unless ($lxs->locals || $lxs->remotes) {
                  return $self->fail('no local or remote inboxes to search');
          }
+        $self->ale->refresh_externals($lxs);
          my ($xj, $mj) = split(/,/, $opt->{jobs} // '');
          if (defined($xj) && $xj ne '' && $xj !~ /\A[1-9][0-9]*\z/) {
                  return $self->fail("`$xj' search jobs must be >= 1");