diff --git a/src/contentmanager.h b/src/contentmanager.h
index d6abb09..befe884 100644
--- a/src/contentmanager.h
+++ b/src/contentmanager.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
     void setCurrentLanguage(QString language);
     void setCurrentCategoryFilter(QString category);
     void setCurrentContentTypeFilter(QList<ContentTypeFilter*>& contentTypeFilter);
+    bool isLocalLibrary() const { return m_local; }
 
 private:
     Library* mp_library;
diff --git a/src/contentmanagerside.cpp b/src/contentmanagerside.cpp
index 1693816..8b1f139 100644
--- a/src/contentmanagerside.cpp
+++ b/src/contentmanagerside.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ ContentManagerSide::ContentManagerSide(QWidget *parent) :
     connect(mp_ui->localFileButton, &QRadioButton::toggled,
             this, [=](bool checked) { mp_ui->localFileButton->setStyleSheet(
                     checked ?"*{font-weight: bold}" : "");});
+    connect(mp_ui->localFileButton, &QRadioButton::toggled,
+            this, [=](bool checked) {
+        if (checked) {
+            QString monitorDir = KiwixApp::instance()->getSettingsManager()->getMonitorDir();
+            KiwixApp::instance()->getLibrary()->asyncLoadMonitorDir(monitorDir);
+        }
+    });
     mp_ui->localFileButton->setStyleSheet("*{font-weight: bold}");
 
     mp_ui->allFileButton->setText(gt("all-files"));
diff --git a/src/kiwixapp.cpp b/src/kiwixapp.cpp
index c14d5d8..c3c8c37 100644
--- a/src/kiwixapp.cpp
+++ b/src/kiwixapp.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ void KiwixApp::init()
         }
     });
     connect(&m_watcher, &QFileSystemWatcher::directoryChanged, this, [=](QString monitorDir) {
-        m_library.asyncLoadMonitorDir(monitorDir);
+        if (getContentManager()->isLocalLibrary())
+            m_library.asyncLoadMonitorDir(monitorDir);
     });
     QString monitorDir = m_settingsManager.getMonitorDir();
     if (monitorDir != "") {