diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/EmailExtracted.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/EmailExtracted.java
index 35af75738b..89e8c5b217 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/EmailExtracted.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/EmailExtracted.java
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ public class EmailExtracted implements AutopsyVisitableItem {
             } catch (TskCoreException | SQLException ex) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot initialize email extraction: ", ex); //NON-NLS
             }
+            setChanged();
+            notifyObservers();
         }
 
         private Map<String, String> parsePath(String path) {