diff --git a/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go b/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
index 5e4ad38..699a585 100644
--- a/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
+++ b/DirectoryIndexers/DirectoryIndexer.go
@@ -44,13 +44,18 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList, oldFileList *FileList) {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
 	bar := progressbar.NewOptions(len(fileList),
-		progressbar.OptionSetDescription("Scanning files + metadata..."),
 		progressbar.OptionShowCount(),
 		progressbar.OptionShowIts())
 
 	for _, video := range fileList {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(video os.FileInfo) {
+			if len(filepath.Ext(video.Name())) < 1 {
+				wg.Done()
+				_ = bar.Add(1)
+				return
+			}
+
 			extension := filepath.Ext(video.Name())[1:]
 			// check if extension is one of valid yt-dlp extensions, if not ignore file
 			switch extension {
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList, oldFileList *FileList) {
 				oldFileList.RUnlock()
 
 				wg.Done()
+				_ = bar.Add(1)
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -112,11 +118,12 @@ func Index(path string, results chan FileList, oldFileList *FileList) {
 	if !bar.IsFinished() {
 		_ = bar.Finish()
 	}
+	_ = bar.Close()
+
+	fmt.Println("Finished scan.")
 
 	results <- FL
 	close(results)
-
-	fmt.Println("\nArchive scan finished.")
 }
 
 func filenameToID(filename string) string {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 70e32d1..353e1ce 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	var path string
-	flag.StringVar(&path, "path", "./", "the full path to the ytdlp archive (with a / suffix)")
+	flag.StringVar(&path, "path", "./", "the full path to the ytdlp archive")
+	// append last slash in case it's not provided
+	if path[len(path)-1:] != "/" {
+		path += "/"
+	}
 	var port int
 	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 8000, "the port for the web panel to listen on")
+	var autorefresh bool
+	flag.BoolVar(&autorefresh, "refresh", false, "whether should the index be updated every x seconds")
+	var refreshInterval int
+	flag.IntVar(&refreshInterval, "interval", 60, "the interval for the index to update in seconds")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -35,9 +43,12 @@ func main() {
 			FL.Lock()
 			FL.Files = refreshedFL.Files
 			FL.Unlock()
-			fmt.Println("File list refreshed")
 
-			time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
+			if !autorefresh {
+				return
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Duration(refreshInterval) * time.Second)
 		}
 	}()