diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/filesystem/filesystem.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
index 700f2b46c4..2031052409 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ void FileSystemController::CreateFactories(FileSys::VfsFilesystem& vfs, bool ove
     if (overwrite) {
         bis_factory = nullptr;
         sdmc_factory = nullptr;
+        external_provider = nullptr;
     }
 
     using EdenPath = Common::FS::EdenPath;
diff --git a/src/yuzu/game_list.cpp b/src/yuzu/game_list.cpp
index 9848c564d0..993e2c8674 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/game_list.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/game_list.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "yuzu/game_list_worker.h"
 #include "yuzu/main_window.h"
 #include "yuzu/util/controller_navigation.h"
+#include "qt_common/qt_common.h"
 
 GameListSearchField::KeyReleaseEater::KeyReleaseEater(GameList* gamelist_, QObject* parent)
     : QObject(parent), gamelist{gamelist_} {}
@@ -921,6 +922,12 @@ void GameList::RefreshGameDirectory()
 {
     if (!UISettings::values.game_dirs.empty() && current_worker != nullptr) {
         LOG_INFO(Frontend, "Change detected in the games directory. Reloading game list.");
+        QtCommon::system->GetFileSystemController().CreateFactories(*QtCommon::vfs);
+        // TODO: If you force reset metadata here, live updates to the external directories DO get tracked.
+        // This is not correct however. Game list metadata in general is kind of a mess, but ideally this isn't the
+        // behavior as-is
+
+        // QtCommon::Game::ResetMetadata(false);
         PopulateAsync(UISettings::values.game_dirs);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp b/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
index d50dcad994..19b20e68eb 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
@@ -3903,8 +3903,7 @@ void MainWindow::OnToggleStatusBar() {
     statusBar()->setVisible(ui->action_Show_Status_Bar->isChecked());
 }
 
-void MainWindow::OnGameListRefresh()
-{
+void MainWindow::OnGameListRefresh() {
     // Resets metadata cache and reloads
     QtCommon::Game::ResetMetadata(false);
     game_list->RefreshGameDirectory();