X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch-new.c;h=43cc4fb721012679c160b2f568f04714a8da6393;hp=bc35b4e8cf32480e1a7d1cf87cb95d7b6e4e3e71;hb=b5d763200046b50656c96ac126f8db4054ff3440;hpb=b725481cb3e695f931a7a1294a74f60474862c00

diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index bc35b4e8..43cc4fb7 100644
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ notmuch_new_command (void *ctx,
 	add_files_state.total_files = count;
     } else {
 	notmuch = notmuch_database_open (db_path,
-					 NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY);
+					 NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE);
 	add_files_state.ignore_read_only_directories = TRUE;
 	add_files_state.total_files = 0;
     }