diff --git a/src/services/content_hash.js b/src/services/content_hash.js
index d3320a057..d887ad1ef 100644
--- a/src/services/content_hash.js
+++ b/src/services/content_hash.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const Attribute = require('../entities/attribute');
 const NoteRevision = require('../entities/note_revision');
 const RecentNote = require('../entities/recent_note');
 const Option = require('../entities/option');
+const Link = require('../entities/link');
 
 async function getHash(entityConstructor, whereBranch) {
     // subselect is necessary to have correct ordering in GROUP_CONCAT
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ async function getHashes() {
         recent_notes: await getHash(RecentNote),
         options: await getHash(Option, "isSynced = 1"),
         attributes: await getHash(Attribute),
-        api_tokens: await getHash(ApiToken)
+        api_tokens: await getHash(ApiToken),
+        links: await getHash(Link)
     };
 
     const elapseTimeMs = new Date().getTime() - startTime.getTime();
diff --git a/src/services/events.js b/src/services/events.js
index 7921e92b4..d43e4bf57 100644
--- a/src/services/events.js
+++ b/src/services/events.js
@@ -5,13 +5,24 @@ const ENTER_PROTECTED_SESSION = "ENTER_PROTECTED_SESSION";
 const ENTITY_CREATED = "ENTITY_CREATED";
 const ENTITY_CHANGED = "ENTITY_CHANGED";
 const ENTITY_DELETED = "ENTITY_DELETED";
+const ENTITY_SYNCED = "ENTITY_SYNCED";
 const CHILD_NOTE_CREATED = "CHILD_NOTE_CREATED";
 
 const eventListeners = {};
 
-function subscribe(eventType, listener) {
-    eventListeners[eventType] = eventListeners[eventType] || [];
-    eventListeners[eventType].push(listener);
+/**
+ * @param eventTypes - can be either single event or an array of events
+ * @param listener
+ */
+function subscribe(eventTypes, listener) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(eventTypes)) {
+        eventTypes = [ eventTypes ];
+    }
+
+    for (const eventType of eventTypes) {
+        eventListeners[eventType] = eventListeners[eventType] || [];
+        eventListeners[eventType].push(listener);
+    }
 }
 
 async function emit(eventType, data) {
@@ -39,5 +50,6 @@ module.exports = {
     ENTITY_CREATED,
     ENTITY_CHANGED,
     ENTITY_DELETED,
+    ENTITY_SYNCED,
     CHILD_NOTE_CREATED
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/note_cache.js b/src/services/note_cache.js
index 5f98cf11b..e30aa87a5 100644
--- a/src/services/note_cache.js
+++ b/src/services/note_cache.js
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ function getNotePath(noteId) {
     }
 }
 
-eventService.subscribe(eventService.ENTITY_CHANGED, async ({entityName, entity}) => {
+eventService.subscribe([eventService.ENTITY_CHANGED, eventService.ENTITY_DELETED, eventService.ENTITY_SYNCED], async ({entityName, entity}) => {
+    // note that entity can also be just POJO without methods if coming from sync
+
     if (!loaded) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/services/sync_update.js b/src/services/sync_update.js
index 826aa1a36..630f95ebc 100644
--- a/src/services/sync_update.js
+++ b/src/services/sync_update.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const sql = require('./sql');
 const log = require('./log');
 const eventLogService = require('./event_log');
 const syncTableService = require('./sync_table');
+const eventService = require('./events');
 
 async function updateEntity(sync, entity, sourceId) {
     const {entityName} = sync;
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ async function updateEntity(sync, entity, sourceId) {
     else {
         throw new Error(`Unrecognized entity type ${entityName}`);
     }
+
+    // currently making exception for protected notes and note revisions because here
+    // the title and content are not available decrypted as listeners would expect
+    if ((entityName !== 'notes' && entityName !== 'note_revisions') || !entity.isProtected) {
+        await eventService.emit(eventService.ENTITY_SYNCED, {
+            entityName,
+            entity
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 function deserializeNoteContentBuffer(note) {