diff --git a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.cpp b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.cpp
index c3ccc747e..0b8d48995 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <QDirIterator>
 #include <QMovie>
 
+static constexpr int REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 10 * 1000;
+
 PictureLoaderLocal::PictureLoaderLocal(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent), picsPath(SettingsCache::instance().getPicsPath()),
       customPicsPath(SettingsCache::instance().getCustomPicsPath()),
@@ -17,11 +19,17 @@ PictureLoaderLocal::PictureLoaderLocal(QObject *parent)
     connect(&SettingsCache::instance(), &SettingsCache::overrideAllCardArtWithPersonalPreferenceChanged, this,
             &PictureLoaderLocal::setOverrideAllCardArtWithPersonalPreference);
 
-    createIndex();
+    refreshIndex();
+
+    refreshTimer = new QTimer(this);
+    connect(refreshTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PictureLoaderLocal::refreshIndex);
+    refreshTimer->start(REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS);
 }
 
-void PictureLoaderLocal::createIndex()
+void PictureLoaderLocal::refreshIndex()
 {
+    customFolderIndex.clear();
+
     QDirIterator it(customPicsPath, QDirIterator::Subdirectories | QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks);
 
     // Recursively check all subdirectories of the CUSTOM folder
@@ -37,8 +45,8 @@ void PictureLoaderLocal::createIndex()
         }
     }
 
-    qCInfo(PictureLoaderLocalLog) << "Finished indexing local image folder CUSTOM; map now has"
-                                  << customFolderIndex.size() << "entries.";
+    qCDebug(PictureLoaderLocalLog) << "Finished indexing local image folder CUSTOM; map now has"
+                                   << customFolderIndex.size() << "entries.";
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.h b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.h
index cea4ae564..45312d570 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/picture_loader/picture_loader_local.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 inline Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(PictureLoaderLocalLog, "picture_loader.local");
 
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ private:
     bool overrideAllCardArtWithPersonalPreference;
 
     QMultiHash<QString, QString> customFolderIndex; // multimap of cardName to picPaths
+    QTimer *refreshTimer;
 
-    void createIndex();
+    void refreshIndex();
 
     QImage
     tryLoadCardImageFromDisk(const QString &setName, const QString &correctedCardName, bool searchCustomPics) const;