diff --git a/backend/novasonic-server.js b/backend/novasonic-server.js
index 4435b34..ca7f8c7 100644
--- a/backend/novasonic-server.js
+++ b/backend/novasonic-server.js
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ async function downloadTrack({ jobId, artist, albumArtist, title, album, year, t
     '--no-playlist',
     '--no-warnings',
     '--newline',
+    // Skip artist channel pages that YTM sometimes returns as search result 1;
+    // without this yt-dlp recursively fetches the entire channel uploads playlist.
+    '--match-filter', 'webpage_url !*= /browse/',
   ];
   // Filtered searches: top 5 (fast) and top 10 (wider net when top 5 misses).
   // Unfiltered fallback only needs item 1 (no filter to skip past).
diff --git a/src/ui.js b/src/ui.js
index 931e3b8..9788af4 100644
--- a/src/ui.js
+++ b/src/ui.js
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ function _addNotif(notif) {
   list.unshift(notif);
   _saveNotifs(list);
   _renderNotifBell();
+  _renderNotifList();
 }
 
 export function deleteNotif(id) {