diff --git a/striker-ui/components/Files/Files.tsx b/striker-ui/components/Files/Files.tsx
index 61385fb7..07ec8286 100644
--- a/striker-ui/components/Files/Files.tsx
+++ b/striker-ui/components/Files/Files.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ import { BLUE } from '../../lib/consts/DEFAULT_THEME';
 import FileEditForm from './FileEditForm';
 import FileList from './FileList';
 import FileUploadForm from './FileUploadForm';
+import IconButton from '../IconButton';
 import { Panel } from '../Panels';
 import MessageBox from '../MessageBox';
 import Spinner from '../Spinner';
 import { HeaderText } from '../Text';
 
 import fetchJSON from '../../lib/fetchers/fetchJSON';
-import IconButton from '../IconButton';
+import periodicFetch from '../../lib/fetchers/periodicFetch';
+
+const FILES_ENDPOINT_URL = `${API_BASE_URL}/files`;
 
 const Files = (): JSX.Element => {
   const [rawFilesOverview, setRawFilesOverview] = useState<string[][]>([]);
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ const Files = (): JSX.Element => {
     setIsLoadingRawFilesOverview(true);
 
     try {
-      const data = await fetchJSON<string[][]>(`${API_BASE_URL}/files`);
+      const data = await fetchJSON<string[][]>(FILES_ENDPOINT_URL);
       setRawFilesOverview(data);
     } catch (fetchError) {
       setFetchRawFilesError('Failed to get files due to a network issue.');
@@ -82,6 +85,23 @@ const Files = (): JSX.Element => {
     return elements;
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Check for new files periodically and update the file list.
+   *
+   * We need this because adding new files is done async; adding the file may
+   * not finish before the request returns.
+   *
+   * We don't care about edit because database updates are done before the
+   * edit request returns.
+   */
+  periodicFetch<string[][]>(FILES_ENDPOINT_URL, {
+    onSuccess: (periodicFilesOverview) => {
+      if (periodicFilesOverview.length !== rawFilesOverview.length) {
+        setRawFilesOverview(periodicFilesOverview);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isEditMode) {
       fetchRawFilesOverview();
diff --git a/striker-ui/lib/fetchers/periodicFetch.ts b/striker-ui/lib/fetchers/periodicFetch.ts
index a013e3b5..26113b82 100644
--- a/striker-ui/lib/fetchers/periodicFetch.ts
+++ b/striker-ui/lib/fetchers/periodicFetch.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import useSWR from 'swr';
+import useSWR, { SWRConfiguration } from 'swr';
 
 import fetcher from './fetchJSON';
 
 const periodicFetch = <T>(
   url: string,
-  refreshInterval = 5000,
+  { refreshInterval = 5000, onSuccess }: SWRConfiguration = {},
 ): GetResponses => {
   // The purpose of react-hooks/rules-of-hooks is to ensure that react hooks
   // are called in order (i.e., not potentially skipped due to conditionals).
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const periodicFetch = <T>(
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
   const { data, error } = useSWR<T>(url, fetcher, {
     refreshInterval,
+    onSuccess,
   });
 
   return {