diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/MainActivity.kt
index 55fdddd5..458d3c3f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/MainActivity.kt
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), OnRefreshListener, OverScrollHelper {
         }
         onMainActivityCreate(this)
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        INSTANCE = this
         TrackHelper.track().screen(this).with(MainApplication.INSTANCE!!.tracker)
         // hide this behind a buildconfig flag for now, but crash the app if it's not an official build and not debug
         if (BuildConfig.ENABLE_PROTECTION && !MainApplication.o && !BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
@@ -814,6 +815,11 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), OnRefreshListener, OverScrollHelper {
         return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event)
     }
 
+    override fun onDestroy() {
+        super.onDestroy()
+        INSTANCE = null
+    }
+
     companion object {
         fun getAppCompatActivity(activity: AppCompatActivity): AppCompatActivity {
             return activity
@@ -831,5 +837,6 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), OnRefreshListener, OverScrollHelper {
         var localModuleInfoList: List<LocalModuleInfo> = ArrayList()
         var onlineModuleInfoList: List<RepoModule> = ArrayList()
         var isShowingWeblateSb = false // race condition
+        var INSTANCE: MainActivity? = null
     }
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/repo/RepoManager.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/repo/RepoManager.kt
index 8a06a39b..0382a0ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/repo/RepoManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/fox2code/mmm/repo/RepoManager.kt
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ class RepoManager private constructor(mainApplication: MainApplication) : SyncMa
                                         R.string.api_key_removed,
                                         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT
                                     ).show()
+                                    // refresh by faking user pull down
+                                    if (MainActivity.INSTANCE != null) {
+                                        MainActivity.INSTANCE!!.onRefresh()
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                             builder.show()