diff --git a/.local/bin/mailsync b/.local/bin/mailsync
index 112e199..7cb2231 100755
--- a/.local/bin/mailsync
+++ b/.local/bin/mailsync
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # and the GPG home.  This is done by searching common profile files for variable
 # assignments.
 
+timestamp="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/mailsynclastrun"
+
 eval "$(grep -h -- \
 	"^\s*\(export \)\?\(XDG_CACHE_HOME\|XDG_CONFIG_HOME\|XDG_DATA_HOME\)=" \
 	"$HOME/.zshenv" 2>/dev/null)"
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ notify() {
 syncandnotify() {
     acc="$(echo "$account" | sed "s/.*\///")"
     mbsync "$acc"
-	new="$(find "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/mail/$acc -path */new/* -type f | grep -iv -e "trash" -e "drafts" 2>/dev/null)"
+	new="$(find "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/mail/$acc -path */new/* -type f -newer "$timestamp" | grep -iv -e "trash" -e "drafts" 2>/dev/null)"
     newcount=$(echo "$new" | sed '/^\s*$/d' | wc -l)
     if [ "$newcount" -gt "0" ]; then
         notify "$acc" "$newcount" &
@@ -57,4 +59,4 @@ wait
 notmuch new 2>/dev/null
 
 #Create a touch file that indicates the time of the last run of mailsync
-touch "${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/mailsynclastrun"
+touch $timestamp