diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
index 182f17708..d4b884a0f 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ThreadWatcher =
         ThreadWatcher.parseStatus.call @, thread
       timeout: $.MINUTE
     ,
-      whenModified: 'ThreadWatcher'
+      whenModified: if force then false else 'ThreadWatcher'
     ThreadWatcher.requests.push req
 
   parseStatus: ({boardID, threadID, data}) ->