diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/reindex.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/reindex.py
index 7557e862..faea9d3c 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/reindex.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/reindex.py
@@ -165,11 +165,8 @@ class Reindex:
         vid_handler.upload_to_es()
         thumb_handler = ThumbManager()
         thumb_handler.delete_vid_thumb(youtube_id)
-        to_download = (
-            youtube_id,
-            vid_handler.vid_dict["channel"]["vid_thumb_url"],
-        )
-        thumb_handler.download_vid([to_download])
+        to_download = (youtube_id, vid_handler.vid_dict["vid_thumb_url"])
+        thumb_handler.download_vid([to_download], notify=False)
 
     @staticmethod
     def reindex_single_channel(channel_id):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/thumbnails.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/thumbnails.py
index 9897276e..5c9e3078 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/thumbnails.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/thumbnails.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ThumbManager:
 
         return img_raw
 
-    def download_vid(self, missing_thumbs):
+    def download_vid(self, missing_thumbs, notify=True):
         """download all missing thumbnails from list"""
         total = len(missing_thumbs)
         print(f"downloading {total} thumbnails")
@@ -158,13 +158,15 @@ class ThumbManager:
 
             img_raw.convert("RGB").save(thumb_path)
 
-            mess_dict = {
-                "status": "pending",
-                "level": "info",
-                "title": "Adding to download queue.",
-                "message": "Downloading Thumbnails...",
-            }
-            RedisArchivist().set_message("progress:download", mess_dict)
+            if notify:
+                mess_dict = {
+                    "status": "pending",
+                    "level": "info",
+                    "title": "Adding to download queue.",
+                    "message": "Downloading Thumbnails...",
+                }
+                RedisArchivist().set_message("progress:download", mess_dict)
+
             if counter % 50 == 0 and counter != 0:
                 print(f"thumbnail progress: {counter}/{total}")
             counter = counter + 1