diff --git a/vue/src/components/ModelRunList.vue b/vue/src/components/ModelRunList.vue
index 01517209b..85651650b 100755
--- a/vue/src/components/ModelRunList.vue
+++ b/vue/src/components/ModelRunList.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ModelRunCard from "./ModelRunCard.vue";
 import type { ModelRunList } from "../client/models/ModelRunList";
 import type { QueryArguments } from "../client";
 import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch, withDefaults } from "vue";
-import { filteredSatelliteTimeList, queryModelRuns, refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses, state, updateCameraBoundsBasedOnModelRunList } from "../store";
+import { filteredSatelliteTimeList, queryModelRuns, state, updateCameraBoundsBasedOnModelRunList } from "../store";
 import type { KeyedModelRun } from '../store'
 import { hoveredInfo } from "../interactions/mouseEvents";
 
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ async function loadModelRuns(type: 'firstPage' | 'nextPage') {
   emit('modelrunlist', modelRunList);
 }
 
-watch(() => state.downloadingCheck, () => refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses());
-
 const loadingSatelliteTimestamps = ref(false);
 
 function handleToggle(modelRun: KeyedModelRun) {
diff --git a/vue/src/components/annotationViewer/AnnotationList.vue b/vue/src/components/annotationViewer/AnnotationList.vue
index b59bb886c..f7d5f2e20 100644
--- a/vue/src/components/annotationViewer/AnnotationList.vue
+++ b/vue/src/components/annotationViewer/AnnotationList.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   DownloadSettings,
   SiteList,
 } from "../../client/services/ApiService";
-import { state, updateCameraBoundsBasedOnModelRunList } from "../../store";
+import { refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses, state, updateCameraBoundsBasedOnModelRunList } from "../../store";
 import { clickedInfo, hoveredInfo } from "../../interactions/mouseEvents";
 import ImagesDownloadDialog from "../ImagesDownloadDialog.vue";
 import SiteListCard from "../siteList/SiteListCard.vue";
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ const getSiteProposals = async () => {
       if (selected) {
         selectSite(selected);
       }
-      
     }
   }
 };
@@ -238,8 +237,8 @@ const startDownload = async (data: DownloadSettings) => {
   const id = imageDownloadingId.value;
   imageDownloadDialog.value = false;
   if (id) {
-  await ApiService.getObservationImages(id, data);
-  state.downloadingCheck += 1;
+    await ApiService.getObservationImages(id, data);
+    refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses();
     // Now we get the results to see if the service is running
     setTimeout(() => getSiteProposals(), 1000);
   }
diff --git a/vue/src/components/siteList/SiteList.vue b/vue/src/components/siteList/SiteList.vue
index ea5460849..9291c96a4 100644
--- a/vue/src/components/siteList/SiteList.vue
+++ b/vue/src/components/siteList/SiteList.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import SiteListCard from "./SiteListCard.vue";
 import { SiteDisplay } from "./SiteListCard.vue";
 import SiteListHeader from "./SiteListHeader.vue";
 import SiteListFilter from "./SiteListFilter.vue";
-import { getSiteObservationDetails, state } from "../../store";
+import { getSiteObservationDetails, refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses, state } from "../../store";
 import { scoringColors, scoringColorsKeys } from "../../mapstyle/annotationStyles";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ const startDownload = async (data: DownloadSettings) => {
   const id = imageDownloadingId.value;
   imageDownloadDialog.value = false;
   if (id) {
-  await ApiService.getObservationImages(id, data);
-  // Notify the ModelRunList that downloading is happening
-  if (imageDownloadingModelRunId.value) {
-    emit('image-download', imageDownloadingModelRunId.value);
-  }
-  state.downloadingCheck += 1;
+    await ApiService.getObservationImages(id, data);
+    // Notify the ModelRunList that downloading is happening
+    if (imageDownloadingModelRunId.value) {
+      emit('image-download', imageDownloadingModelRunId.value);
+    }
+    refreshModelRunDownloadingStatuses();
     // Now we get the results to see if the service is running
     setTimeout(() => getAllSiteProposals(), 1000);
   }
diff --git a/vue/src/store.ts b/vue/src/store.ts
index f47b25497..669faf799 100644
--- a/vue/src/store.ts
+++ b/vue/src/store.ts
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ export const state = reactive<{
   // Region map is used to index names and owners with ids
   regionMap: RegionMapType;
   regionList: RegionDetail[];
-  // Downloading Check - used to indicate to the modelRunList to check for downloading images
-  downloadingCheck: number;
   // Query states - stores states for network queries
   queryStates: {
     loadModelRuns: {
@@ -292,7 +290,6 @@ export const state = reactive<{
   groundTruthLinks: {},
   regionMap: {},
   regionList: [],
-  downloadingCheck: 0,
   queryStates: {
     loadModelRuns: {
       inflightQueries: 0,