diff --git a/src/components/reader/ReaderPage.tsx b/src/components/reader/ReaderPage.tsx
index 8fb5cb13..901f8abe 100644
--- a/src/components/reader/ReaderPage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reader/ReaderPage.tsx
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ const ReaderPage: React.FC<Props> = (props: Props) => {
       DownloadUnreadChapters(
         seriesArr,
         customDownloadsDir || String(getDefaultDownloadDir()),
-        OnStartUpDownloadUnreadCount
+        OnStartUpDownloadUnreadCount,
+        false
       );
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/src/features/library/chapterDownloadUtils.tsx b/src/features/library/chapterDownloadUtils.tsx
index 9a64c6b2..18a0d6c8 100644
--- a/src/features/library/chapterDownloadUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/features/library/chapterDownloadUtils.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ export async function downloadAll(
 export async function DownloadUnreadChapters(
   seriesList: Series[],
   downloadsDir: string,
-  count = 1
+  count = 1,
+  notification: boolean = true
 ) {
   seriesList
     .filter((series) => library.validURL(series.sourceId))
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export async function DownloadUnreadChapters(
             } as DownloadTask)
         )
       );
-      downloaderClient.start();
+      downloaderClient.start(notification);
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/services/downloader.ts b/src/services/downloader.ts
index 235391ac..84f8da0c 100644
--- a/src/services/downloader.ts
+++ b/src/services/downloader.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DownloaderClient {
     this.setDownloadErrors([...this.downloadErrors, downloadError]);
   };
 
-  start = async () => {
+  start = async (notification: boolean = true) => {
     if (this.running) return;
 
     if (this.queue.length === 0) {
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ class DownloaderClient {
 
     const startingQueueSize = this.queue.length;
     const notificationId = uuidv4();
-    showNotification({ id: notificationId, message: 'Starting download...', loading: true });
+    if (notification) {
+      showNotification({ id: notificationId, message: 'Starting download...', loading: true });
+    }
 
     this.setRunning(true);
     let tasksCompleted = 0;