diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d7a455..c1239e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The packages are automatically updated periodically,
 you'll see ***aurto*** updates in the same way as other repos after a `pacman -Syu`.
 
 # Useful commands
-View the contents of the ***aurto*** repo, _you may want to `pacman -Sy` first if recently changed_.
+View the contents of the ***aurto*** repo.
 ```sh
 pacman -Sl aurto
 ```
diff --git a/bin/aurto b/bin/aurto
index 89f89fb..371cf6d 100755
--- a/bin/aurto
+++ b/bin/aurto
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ command=${1:-}
 arg1=${2:-}
 
 if [ "$command" == "add" ] && [ -n "$arg1" ]; then
+  sudo pacsync aurto >/dev/null
   echo "aurto: Running: \`aursync --no-view --rmdeps --no-confirm --chroot --repo=aurto ${*:2}\`" >&2
   aursync --no-view --rmdeps --no-confirm --chroot --repo=aurto "${@:2}"
+  sudo pacsync aurto >/dev/null
 elif [ "$command" == "remove" ] && [ -n "$arg1" ]; then
   removed=""
   for pkg in "${@:2}"; do
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ elif [ "$command" == "remove" ] && [ -n "$arg1" ]; then
   done
   if [ -n "$removed" ]; then
     echo -e "aurto: Removed \\e[36m$removed\\e[39m" >&2
+    sudo pacsync aurto >/dev/null
   fi
 else
   echo -e "\\e[1maurto \\e[21mv$version: simple management tool for the 'aurto' repository"
diff --git a/lib/update-aurto b/lib/update-aurto
index c5ea36c..22ed932 100755
--- a/lib/update-aurto
+++ b/lib/update-aurto
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ -z "$user" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-pacman -Sy >/dev/null 2>&1
+pacsync aurto
 
 sudo -u "$user" aursync --no-view --rmdeps --no-confirm --repo aurto --chroot --update
 
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ if [ -e /usr/lib/aurto/check-vcs ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-/usr/bin/paccache -rk1 -c /var/cache/pacman/aurto
+pacsync aurto
+paccache -rk1 -c /var/cache/pacman/aurto