diff --git a/resources/tomboynotes/configdialog.ui b/resources/tomboynotes/configdialog.ui
--- a/resources/tomboynotes/configdialog.ui
+++ b/resources/tomboynotes/configdialog.ui
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>400</width>
-    <height>290</height>
+    <height>314</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -68,6 +68,29 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item alignment="Qt::AlignLeft">
+        <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_2" native="true">
+         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Update interval:</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="kcfg_refreshInterval"/>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>minutes</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_ReadOnly">
          <property name="text">
@@ -99,16 +122,6 @@
      </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="statusLabel">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string/>
-     </property>
-     <property name="wordWrap">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
diff --git a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.h b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.h
--- a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.h
+++ b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     // ctor
-    explicit TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(const QString &collectionName, KIO::AccessManager *manager, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    explicit TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(const QString &collectionName, KIO::AccessManager *manager, int refreshInterval, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     // returns the parsed results wrapped in Akonadi::Collection::List, see bellow
     Akonadi::Collection::List collections() const;
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 private:
     Akonadi::Collection::List mResultCollections;
     QString mCollectionName;
+    int mRefreshInterval;
 };
 
 #endif // TOMBOYCOLLECTIONSDOWNLOADJOB_H
diff --git a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.cpp b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.cpp
--- a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.cpp
+++ b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.cpp
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@
 #include "tomboycollectionsdownloadjob.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <Akonadi/Notes/NoteUtils>
+#include <AkonadiCore/CachePolicy>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 #include <QJsonValue>
 
-TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob::TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(const QString &collectionName, KIO::AccessManager *manager, QObject *parent)
+TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob::TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(const QString &collectionName, KIO::AccessManager *manager, int refreshInterval, QObject *parent)
     : TomboyJobBase(manager, parent),
       mCollectionName(collectionName)
 {
+    mRefreshInterval = refreshInterval;
 }
 
 Akonadi::Collection::List TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob::collections() const
@@ -70,6 +72,14 @@
     c.setRemoteRevision(QString::number(collectionRevision.toInt()));
     qCDebug(TOMBOYNOTESRESOURCE_LOG) << "TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob: Sync revision " << collectionRevision.toString();
 
+    Akonadi::CachePolicy cachePolicy;
+    cachePolicy.setInheritFromParent(false);
+    cachePolicy.setSyncOnDemand(false);
+    cachePolicy.setCacheTimeout(-1);
+    cachePolicy.setIntervalCheckTime(mRefreshInterval);
+    cachePolicy.setLocalParts(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("ALL"));
+    c.setCachePolicy(cachePolicy);
+
     c.setContentMimeTypes({ Akonadi::NoteUtils::noteMimeType() });
 
     mResultCollections << c;
diff --git a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboynotesresource.cpp b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboynotesresource.cpp
--- a/resources/tomboynotes/tomboynotesresource.cpp
+++ b/resources/tomboynotes/tomboynotesresource.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    auto job = new TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(Settings::collectionName(), mManager, this);
+    int refreshInterval = Settings::self()->refreshInterval();
+    if (refreshInterval == 0) {
+        refreshInterval = -1;
+    }
+
+    auto job = new TomboyCollectionsDownloadJob(Settings::collectionName(), mManager, refreshInterval, this);
     job->setAuthentication(Settings::requestToken(), Settings::requestTokenSecret());
     job->setServerURL(Settings::serverURL(), Settings::userURL());
     // connect to its result() signal