diff --git a/hosts/daedalus/default.nix b/hosts/daedalus/default.nix
index 074d5bc5..67b67469 100644
--- a/hosts/daedalus/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/daedalus/default.nix
@@ -100,32 +100,32 @@ in
         google-cloud-sdk
       ];
 
-      home.activation = {
-        aliasApplications =
-          let
-            apps = pkgs.buildEnv {
-              name = "home-manager-applications";
-              paths = config.home.packages;
-              pathsToLink = "/Applications";
-            };
-          in
-          lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
-            # Install MacOS applications to the user environment.
-            HM_APPS="$HOME/Applications/Home Manager Apps"
+      # home.activation = {
+      #   aliasApplications =
+      #     let
+      #       apps = pkgs.buildEnv {
+      #         name = "home-manager-applications";
+      #         paths = config.home.packages;
+      #         pathsToLink = "/Applications";
+      #       };
+      #     in
+      #     lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+      #       # Install MacOS applications to the user environment.
+      #       HM_APPS="$HOME/Applications/Home Manager Apps"
 
-            # Reset current state
-            [ -e "$HM_APPS" ] && $DRY_RUN_CMD rm -r "$HM_APPS"
-            $DRY_RUN_CMD mkdir -p "$HM_APPS"
+      #       # Reset current state
+      #       [ -e "$HM_APPS" ] && $DRY_RUN_CMD rm -r "$HM_APPS"
+      #       $DRY_RUN_CMD mkdir -p "$HM_APPS"
 
-            # .app dirs need to be actual directories for Finder to detect them as Apps.
-            # The files inside them can be symlinks though.
-            $DRY_RUN_CMD cp --recursive --symbolic-link --no-preserve=mode -H ${apps}/Applications/* "$HM_APPS" || true # can fail if no apps exist
-            # Modes need to be stripped because otherwise the dirs wouldn't have +w,
-            # preventing us from deleting them again
-            # In the env of Apps we build, the .apps are symlinks. We pass all of them as
-            # arguments to cp and make it dereference those using -H
-          '';
-      };
+      #       # .app dirs need to be actual directories for Finder to detect them as Apps.
+      #       # The files inside them can be symlinks though.
+      #       $DRY_RUN_CMD cp --recursive --symbolic-link --no-preserve=mode -H ${apps}/Applications/* "$HM_APPS" || true # can fail if no apps exist
+      #       # Modes need to be stripped because otherwise the dirs wouldn't have +w,
+      #       # preventing us from deleting them again
+      #       # In the env of Apps we build, the .apps are symlinks. We pass all of them as
+      #       # arguments to cp and make it dereference those using -H
+      #     '';
+      # };
 
     };
 
diff --git a/hosts/daedalus/hammerspoon.lua b/hosts/daedalus/hammerspoon.lua
index 3a48bf83..aa668c64 100644
--- a/hosts/daedalus/hammerspoon.lua
+++ b/hosts/daedalus/hammerspoon.lua
@@ -475,22 +475,33 @@ hs.hotkey.bind(modifiers.window, "f", facileCaptpure)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 local notmuchTaskRunning = false
-local function refreshNotmuchMenubar()
+local function refreshNotmuchMenubar(currentlyRunning)
     hs.task.new("@notmuchMails@", function(exitCode, stdout, stderr)
+        if currentlyRunning then
+            stdout = "R: " .. stdout
+        end
         print(stdout)
         notmuchMenubar:setTitle(hs.styledtext.new(stdout))
     end):start()
 end
 
-notmuchMenubar = hs.menubar.new()
-notmuchMenubar:setClickCallback(function() hs.task.new("@myEmacs@/bin/emacsclient", nil, function() return false end,
-        { "-a", "", "--eval", "(=notmuch)" }):start()
-end)
-notmuchTimer = hs.timer.doEvery(300, function()
+local function notmuchTimerFunction()
     if not notmuchTaskRunning then
+        refreshNotmuchMenubar(true)
         notmuchTaskRunning = true
         hs.task.new("/etc/profiles/per-user/ragon/bin/zsh",
-            function() notmuchTaskRunning = false; refreshNotmuchMenubar() end,
+            function() notmuchTaskRunning = false; refreshNotmuchMenubar(false) end,
             function() return false end, { "-c", "syncmail" }):start()
     end
+end
+
+notmuchMenubar = hs.menubar.new()
+notmuchMenubar:setClickCallback(function(options)
+        if options.shift then
+            notmuchTimerFunction()
+        else
+        hs.task.new("@myEmacs@/bin/emacsclient", nil, function() return false end,
+        { "-c", "-a", "", "--eval", "(=notmuch)" }):start()
+        end
 end)
+notmuchTimer = hs.timer.doEvery(300, notmuchTimerFunction)