diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 9fb4d13..8391618 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 import { Plugin, TFile } from 'obsidian'
 import {
+  addNoteToReindex,
   addToIndex,
   initGlobalSearchIndex,
+  reindexNotes,
   removeFromIndex,
 } from './search'
 import { OmnisearchInFileModal, OmnisearchVaultModal } from './modals'
-import { loadSettings, SettingsTab } from './settings'
+import { loadSettings, settings, SettingsTab } from './settings'
+
+const mainWindow = require('electron').remote.getCurrentWindow()
+const onBlur = (): void => {
+  reindexNotes()
+}
 
 export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
   async onload(): Promise<void> {
+    mainWindow.on('blur', onBlur)
+
     await loadSettings(this)
     this.addSettingTab(new SettingsTab(this))
 
@@ -43,8 +52,13 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
       )
       this.registerEvent(
         this.app.vault.on('modify', async file => {
-          removeFromIndex(file.path)
-          await addToIndex(file)
+          if (settings.reindexInRealTime) {
+            removeFromIndex(file.path)
+            await addToIndex(file)
+          }
+          else {
+            addNoteToReindex(file)
+          }
         }),
       )
       this.registerEvent(
@@ -59,4 +73,8 @@ export default class OmnisearchPlugin extends Plugin {
       await initGlobalSearchIndex()
     })
   }
+
+  onunload(): void {
+    mainWindow.off('blur', onBlur)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/search.ts b/src/search.ts
index 3a92836..6c8716a 100644
--- a/src/search.ts
+++ b/src/search.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Notice, TFile, type TAbstractFile } from 'obsidian'
+import { Notice, TAbstractFile, TFile } from 'obsidian'
 import MiniSearch, { type SearchResult } from 'minisearch'
 import {
   chsRegex,
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export async function addToIndex(file: TAbstractFile): Promise<void> {
  * Useful to find internal links that lead (yet) to nowhere
  * @param name
  */
-export function addNonExistingToIndex(name: string, parent:string): void {
+export function addNonExistingToIndex(name: string, parent: string): void {
   name = removeAnchors(name)
   if (getNoteFromCache(name)) return
 
@@ -315,11 +315,25 @@ export function removeFromIndex(path: string): void {
   if (note) {
     minisearchInstance.remove(note)
     removeNoteFromCache(path)
-    getNonExistingNotesFromCache().filter(n => n.parent === path).forEach(n => {
-      removeFromIndex(n.path)
-    })
+    getNonExistingNotesFromCache()
+      .filter(n => n.parent === path)
+      .forEach(n => {
+        removeFromIndex(n.path)
+      })
   }
   else {
     console.warn(`not not found under path ${path}`)
   }
 }
+
+const notesToReindex = new Set<TAbstractFile>()
+export function addNoteToReindex(note: TAbstractFile): void {
+  notesToReindex.add(note)
+}
+export async function reindexNotes(): Promise<void> {
+  for (const note of notesToReindex) {
+    removeFromIndex(note.path)
+    await addToIndex(note)
+  }
+  notesToReindex.clear()
+}
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 6ca5dcb..a2379aa 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ interface WeightingSettings {
 export interface OmnisearchSettings extends WeightingSettings {
   showIndexingNotices: boolean
   respectExcluded: boolean
+  reindexInRealTime: boolean
 }
 
 export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -52,10 +53,23 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
         }),
       )
 
+    // Index in real-time
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Reindex in real-time')
+      .setDesc('By default, notes a reindexed when Obsidian focus is lost. Enable this to reindex in real-time. May affect performances.')
+      .addToggle(toggle =>
+        toggle.setValue(settings.reindexInRealTime).onChange(async v => {
+          settings.reindexInRealTime = v
+          await saveSettings(this.plugin)
+        }),
+      )
+
     new Setting(containerEl).setName('Results weighting').setHeading()
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName(`File name & declared aliases (default: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.weightBasename})`)
+      .setName(
+        `File name & declared aliases (default: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.weightBasename})`,
+      )
       .addSlider(cb => this.weightSlider(cb, 'weightBasename'))
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   showIndexingNotices: false,
   respectExcluded: true,
+  reindexInRealTime: false,
   weightBasename: 2,
   weightH1: 1.5,
   weightH2: 1.3,