diff --git a/lib/crud.ts b/lib/crud.ts
index d75ffb8..bcf7971 100644
--- a/lib/crud.ts
+++ b/lib/crud.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export function createCrud<T>(
   async function read(id: string) {
     const path = pathFromId(id);
     const content = await getDocument(path);
+
     const res = parse(content, id);
 
     if (hasThumbnails) {
diff --git a/lib/documents.ts b/lib/documents.ts
index 03e8958..43dd7fd 100644
--- a/lib/documents.ts
+++ b/lib/documents.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export async function getDocument(name: string): Promise<string> {
   if (cachedDocument) return cachedDocument;
 
   log.debug("fetching document", { name });
-  const response = await fetch(SILVERBULLET_SERVER + "/" + name);
+  const headers = new Headers();
+  headers.append("X-Sync-Mode", "true");
+  const response = await fetch(SILVERBULLET_SERVER + "/" + name, { headers });
   const text = await response.text();
 
   cache.setDocument(name, text);