diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentGmail.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentGmail.java
index 1555f23d9d..994bbb08c7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentGmail.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentGmail.java
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ public class FragmentGmail extends FragmentBase {
                             folder.account = account.id;
                             folder.id = db.folder().insertFolder(folder);
                             EntityLog.log(context, "Gmail folder=" + folder.name + " type=" + folder.type);
+                            if (folder.synchronize)
+                                EntityOperation.sync(context, folder.id, false);
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOAuth.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOAuth.java
index 62e6218258..74322ae06c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOAuth.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOAuth.java
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ public class FragmentOAuth extends FragmentBase {
                             folder.account = account.id;
                             folder.id = db.folder().insertFolder(folder);
                             EntityLog.log(context, "OAuth folder=" + folder.name + " type=" + folder.type);
+                            if (folder.synchronize)
+                                EntityOperation.sync(context, folder.id, false);
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentPop.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentPop.java
index a1bc823afd..469868b7b5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentPop.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentPop.java
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ public class FragmentPop extends FragmentBase {
                         inbox.keep_days = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
                         inbox.initialize = 0;
                         inbox.id = db.folder().insertFolder(inbox);
+
+                        if (account.synchronize)
+                            EntityOperation.sync(context, inbox.id, false);
                     }
 
                     EntityFolder drafts = db.folder().getFolderByType(account.id, EntityFolder.DRAFTS);
@@ -474,7 +477,7 @@ public class FragmentPop extends FragmentBase {
                     db.endTransaction();
                 }
 
-                ServiceSynchronize.eval(context, "save account");
+                ServiceSynchronize.eval(context, "POP3");
 
                 if (!synchronize) {
                     NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);