diff --git a/ags/runner/plugins/apps.ts b/ags/runner/plugins/apps.ts
index 3119187..914fdc5 100644
--- a/ags/runner/plugins/apps.ts
+++ b/ags/runner/plugins/apps.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { ResultWidget, ResultWidgetProps } from "../../widget/runner/ResultWidget";
 import AstalApps from "gi://AstalApps";
-import { cleanExec, getAstalApps } from "../../scripts/apps";
+import { cleanExec, getAstalApps, updateApps } from "../../scripts/apps";
 import { Runner } from "../Runner";
 import { Astal } from "astal/gtk3";
 
 export const PluginApps = {
-    // Do not provide prefix, so it's always ran.
+    // Do not provide prefix, so it always runs.
     name: "Apps",
+    // asynchronously-refresh apps list on init
+    init: async () => updateApps(),
     handle: (text: string) => {
         return getAstalApps().fuzzy_query(text).map((app: AstalApps.Application) =>
             new ResultWidget({