diff --git a/src/services/GitService.ts b/src/services/GitService.ts
index f6fa5ae43..7bf5cd6a6 100644
--- a/src/services/GitService.ts
+++ b/src/services/GitService.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ import {Observable} from "rxjs/Observable";
 import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs/BehaviorSubject";
 import "rxjs/add/observable/timer";
 import "rxjs/add/operator/concatMap";
+import "rxjs/add/operator/filter";
+import "rxjs/add/operator/merge";
 import "rxjs/add/operator/share";
 import "rxjs/add/operator/distinctUntilChanged";
 import "rxjs/add/operator/multicast";
 
 import {currentBranchName, GitDirectoryPath, repositoryState, RepositoryState} from "../utils/Git";
+import {services} from "./index";
 
-const INTERVAL = 2000;
+const INTERVAL = 5000;
 
 async function getState(directory: string): Promise<GitState> {
     const state = await repositoryState(directory);
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ async function getState(directory: string): Promise<GitState> {
 function createObservable(directory: string) {
     return Observable
         .timer(0, INTERVAL)
+        .merge(services.sessions.jobFinishedObservable.filter(session => session.directory === directory))
         .concatMap(() => getState(directory))
         // Don't emit if a value didn't change.
         .distinctUntilChanged((x, y) => JSON.stringify(x) === JSON.stringify(y))
diff --git a/src/services/SessionsService.ts b/src/services/SessionsService.ts
index aaa7b579d..f96bdd844 100644
--- a/src/services/SessionsService.ts
+++ b/src/services/SessionsService.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 import {Session, SessionID} from "../shell/Session";
 import {ApplicationComponent} from "../views/ApplicationComponent";
+import {Observable} from "rxjs/Observable";
+import {Subject} from "rxjs/Subject";
+import "rxjs/add/observable/fromEvent";
+
 
 export class SessionsService {
+    readonly jobFinishedObservable = new Subject<Session>();
     private readonly sessions: Map<SessionID, Session> = new Map;
 
     create(application: ApplicationComponent) {
         const session = new Session(application);
         this.sessions.set(session.id, session);
 
+        Observable.fromEvent(session, "job-finished").subscribe(
+            () => this.jobFinishedObservable.next(session),
+        );
+
         return session.id;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shell/Session.ts b/src/shell/Session.ts
index d50f5e083..564345ed3 100644
--- a/src/shell/Session.ts
+++ b/src/shell/Session.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class Session extends events.EventEmitter {
         job.execute();
 
         job.once("end", () => {
+            this.emit("job-finished");
             this.emit("jobs-changed");
 
             const electronWindow = remote.BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()[0];