diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 74cd6f4..e540426 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ class DownloadPostProcess:
     def validate_playlists(self):
         """look for playlist needing to update"""
         for id_c, channel_id in enumerate(self.download.channels):
-            playlists = YoutubeChannel(channel_id).get_indexed_playlists()
+            channel = YoutubeChannel(channel_id)
+            overwrites = self.pending.channel_overwrites.get(channel_id, False)
+            if overwrites and overwrites.get("index_playlists"):
+                # validate from remote
+                channel.index_channel_playlists()
+                continue
+
+            # validate from local
+            playlists = channel.get_indexed_playlists()
             all_channel_playlist = [i["playlist_id"] for i in playlists]
             self._validate_channel_playlist(all_channel_playlist, id_c)
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
index 5991157..6caf02c 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/channel.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class YoutubeChannel(YouTubeItem):
 
     def index_channel_playlists(self):
         """add all playlists of channel to index"""
+        print(f"{self.youtube_id}: index all playlists")
         mess_dict = {
             "status": "message:playlistscan",
             "level": "info",