diff --git a/modules/email/notmuch/autoload.el b/modules/email/notmuch/autoload.el
index 548655209..de125c6c0 100644
--- a/modules/email/notmuch/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/email/notmuch/autoload.el
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 (defun +notmuch-get-sync-command ()
   "Return a shell command string to synchronize your notmuch mail with."
-  (let* ((afew-cmd "afew -a -t")
+  (let* ((afew-cmd "afew -n -t")
          (sync-cmd
           (pcase +notmuch-sync-backend
             (`gmi