diff --git a/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.svelte
index 4304c1d22..2b805a731 100644
--- a/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	import Tray from './Tray.svelte';
 	import type { PageData } from './$types';
 	import { getVirtualBranches } from './vbranches';
+	import { getRemoteBranches } from './remoteBranches';
 	import { Value } from 'svelte-loadable-store';
 
 	import hljs from 'highlight.js/lib/core';
@@ -22,12 +23,17 @@
 	hljs.registerLanguage('python', python);
 
 	export let data: PageData;
-	let { projectId, project, target, remoteBranches, remoteBranchesData } = data;
+	let { projectId, project, target, remoteBranches } = data;
 	const virtualBranches = getVirtualBranches(projectId);
 	$: branches =
 		!$virtualBranches.isLoading && !Value.isError($virtualBranches.value)
 			? $virtualBranches.value
 			: [];
+	const remoteBranchesStore = getRemoteBranches(projectId);
+	$: remoteBranchesData =
+		!$remoteBranchesStore.isLoading && !Value.isError($remoteBranchesStore.value)
+			? $remoteBranchesStore.value
+			: [];
 	let targetChoice = 'origin/master'; // prob should check if it exists
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.ts b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.ts
index 122e66091..c3fc04f58 100644
--- a/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.ts
+++ b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/+page.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ async function getTargetData(params: { projectId: string }) {
 	return invoke<Target>('get_target_data', params);
 }
 
-async function getRemoteBranchesData(params: { projectId: string }) {
-	return invoke<Array<BranchData>>('git_remote_branches_data', params);
-}
-
 function sortBranchData(branchData: BranchData[]): BranchData[] {
 	// sort remote_branches_data by date
 	return branchData.sort((a, b) => b.lastCommitTs - a.lastCommitTs);
@@ -24,9 +20,8 @@ export async function load(e: PageLoadEvent) {
 	const projectId = e.params.projectId;
 	const target = await getTargetData({ projectId });
 	const remoteBranches = await getRemoteBranches({ projectId });
-	const remoteBranchesData = sortBranchData(await getRemoteBranchesData({ projectId }));
 	const project = api.projects.get({ id: projectId });
-	return { projectId, target, remoteBranches, remoteBranchesData, project };
+	return { projectId, target, remoteBranches, project };
 }
 
 if (import.meta.vitest) {
diff --git a/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/remoteBranches.ts b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/remoteBranches.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5a2ea93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/repo/[projectId]/remoteBranches.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { invoke } from '$lib/ipc';
+import type { Target, BranchData } from './types';
+import { writable, type Loadable, Value } from 'svelte-loadable-store';
+
+import type { Writable, Readable } from '@square/svelte-store';
+
+const cache: Map<string, Readable<Loadable<BranchData[]>>> = new Map();
+
+export interface RemoteBranchOperations {
+	setTarget(branch: string): Promise<object>;
+}
+
+export function getRemoteBranches(projectId: string): Readable<Loadable<BranchData[]>> {
+	const cachedStore = cache.get(projectId);
+	if (cachedStore) {
+		return cachedStore;
+	}
+	const writeable = createWriteable(projectId);
+
+	cache.set(projectId, writeable);
+	return writeable;
+}
+
+function createWriteable(projectId: string) {
+	return writable(getRemoteBranchesData(projectId), (set) => {
+		setInterval(() => {
+			getRemoteBranchesData(projectId).then((branches) => {
+				set(sortBranchData(branches));
+			});
+		}, 60000); // poll since we don't have a way to subscribe to changes
+	});
+}
+
+function refresh(projectId: string, store: Writable<Loadable<BranchData[]>>) {
+	getRemoteBranchesData(projectId).then((newBranches) =>
+		store.set({ isLoading: false, value: newBranches })
+	);
+}
+
+function sortBranchData(branchData: BranchData[]): BranchData[] {
+	// sort remote_branches_data by date
+	return branchData.sort((a, b) => b.lastCommitTs - a.lastCommitTs);
+}
+
+async function getRemoteBranchesData(projectId: string) {
+	return invoke<Array<BranchData>>('git_remote_branches_data', { projectId });
+}