diff --git a/src/index/indexer.cpp b/src/index/indexer.cpp
index 7e93fc3c..b12cff7d 100644
--- a/src/index/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/index/indexer.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ bool ConfIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& ifiles, IxFlag flag)
     LOGDEB2(("ConfIndexer::indexFiles: fsindexer returned %d, "
             "%d files remainining\n", ret, myfiles.size()));
 
-    if (m_dobeagle && !myfiles.empty()) {
+    if (m_dobeagle && !myfiles.empty() && !(flag & IxFNoWeb)) {
         if (!m_beagler)
             m_beagler = new BeagleQueueIndexer(m_config, &m_db, m_updater);
         if (m_beagler) {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ bool ConfIndexer::updateDocs(std::vector<Rcl::Doc> &docs, IxFlag flag)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool ConfIndexer::purgeFiles(std::list<string> &files)
+bool ConfIndexer::purgeFiles(std::list<string> &files, IxFlag flag)
 {
     list<string> myfiles;
     string origcwd = m_config->getOrigCwd();
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ bool ConfIndexer::purgeFiles(std::list<string> &files)
     if (m_fsindexer)
         ret = m_fsindexer->purgeFiles(myfiles);
 
-    if (m_dobeagle && !myfiles.empty()) {
+    if (m_dobeagle && !myfiles.empty() && !(flag & IxFNoWeb)) {
         if (!m_beagler)
             m_beagler = new BeagleQueueIndexer(m_config, &m_db, m_updater);
         if (m_beagler) {
diff --git a/src/index/indexer.h b/src/index/indexer.h
index 350fa1c9..f2c9bd16 100644
--- a/src/index/indexer.h
+++ b/src/index/indexer.h
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ class ConfIndexer {
     enum ixType {IxTNone, IxTFs=1, IxTBeagleQueue=2, 
                  IxTAll = IxTFs | IxTBeagleQueue};
     // Misc indexing flags
-    enum IxFlag {IxFNone = 0, IxFIgnoreSkip = 1};
+    enum IxFlag {IxFNone = 0, 
+                 IxFIgnoreSkip = 1, // Ignore skipped lists
+                 IxFNoWeb = 2, // Do not process the web queue.
+    };
 
     /** Run indexers */
     bool index(bool resetbefore, ixType typestorun);
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ class ConfIndexer {
     bool updateDocs(vector<Rcl::Doc> &docs, IxFlag f = IxFNone);
     static bool docsToPaths(vector<Rcl::Doc> &docs, vector<string> &paths);
     /** Purge a list of files. */
-    bool purgeFiles(list<string> &files);
+    bool purgeFiles(list<string> &files, IxFlag f = IxFNone);
 
     /** Set in place reset mode */
     void setInPlaceReset() {m_db.setInPlaceReset();}
diff --git a/src/index/recollindex.cpp b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
index ec421771..620b74c0 100644
--- a/src/index/recollindex.cpp
+++ b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ bool recursive_index(RclConfig *config, const string& top)
 // this case we're called repeatedly in the same process, and the
 // confindexer is only created once by makeIndexerOrExit (but the db closed and
 // flushed every time)
+// We set the noweb flag (the web queue is processed by default when
+// confindexer::indexFiles is called from the realtime monitor)
 bool indexfiles(RclConfig *config, list<string> &filenames)
 {
     if (filenames.empty())
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ bool indexfiles(RclConfig *config, list<string> &filenames)
     makeIndexerOrExit(config, (op_flags & OPT_Z) != 0);
     return confindexer->indexFiles(filenames, (op_flags&OPT_f) ? 
 				   ConfIndexer::IxFIgnoreSkip : 
-				   ConfIndexer::IxFNone);
+				   ConfIndexer::IxFNoWeb);
 }
 
 // Delete a list of files. Same comments about call contexts as indexfiles.
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ bool purgefiles(RclConfig *config, list<string> &filenames)
     if (filenames.empty())
 	return true;
     makeIndexerOrExit(config, (op_flags & OPT_Z) != 0);
-    return confindexer->purgeFiles(filenames);
+    return confindexer->purgeFiles(filenames, ConfIndexer::IxFNoWeb);
 }
 
 // Create stemming and spelling databases