diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 969bbdc..1f2c75f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -305,12 +305,7 @@
           var defaultExcludeFilters = [];
           const filterButtonTitles = ['Exclude', 'Include'];
           const filterButtonColors = ['#c82333', 'green'];
-
-          $.ajax({
-              async: false,
-              type: 'GET',
-              url: `/default-filters?token=${token}`,
-              success: function(data) {
+          function applyFilters(data) {
                   if (data.include) {
                       for (let i = 0; i < data.include.length; i++) {
                           filters[FilterEnum.include]
@@ -325,8 +320,8 @@
                           defaultExcludeFilters.push(data.exclude[i].id);
                       }
                   }
+              console.log(filters);
               }
-          });
 
           var previewFrame = document.getElementById("preview-frame"); // div
           var hoverNode = document.getElementById("hovernode"); // iframe
@@ -410,7 +405,7 @@
           } else {
               $('#colormode-checkbox').bootstrapToggle('off')
           }
-
+          
           $('#colormode-checkbox').change(function() {
               if(this.checked) {
                   $(document.body).addClass("darkmode");
@@ -524,7 +519,26 @@
                   }
               }
           }
+          var filterSource;
           setCurrentBufferSource();
+          $.get(`/default-filters?force=1&token=${token}`, function(data, status){
+              defaultExcludeFilters = []
+              defaultIncludeFilters = []
+              console.log(`Connection to /default-filters: ${status}`);
+              applyFilters(JSON.parse(data.substring(data.indexOf(':') + 1)));
+              filterSource = new EventSource(`/default-filters?token=${token}`);
+              console.log(filterSource.readyState);
+              filterSource.onmessage = function (event) {
+
+                  defaultExcludeFilters = []
+                  defaultIncludeFilters = []
+                  filters[0].clear();
+                  filters[1].clear();
+                  applyFilters(JSON.parse(event.data));
+                  view.refresh();
+                  updateDropdown();
+                  }
+              });
 
           function debugFunction() {
           }
@@ -551,7 +565,7 @@
           reload();
 
           $("#reload-button").click(function() {
-              roamSource.close()
+              roamSource.close();
               reload();
               currentBuffer.close()
               setCurrentBufferSource();
diff --git a/org-roam-server.el b/org-roam-server.el
index 930a7bc..02b1128 100644
--- a/org-roam-server.el
+++ b/org-roam-server.el
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ or [{ \"id\": \"test\", \"parent\" : \"tags\"  }]"
   :group 'org-roam-server
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom org-roam-server-tags ""
+  "Option to set tags.
+Format: +tag1 -tag2 +tag3"
+  :group 'org-roam-server
+  :type 'string)
+
 (defcustom org-roam-server-link-auto-replace t
   "When non-nil, replace Org-roam's roam links on export."
   :group 'org-roam-server
@@ -447,6 +453,21 @@ DESCRIPTION is the shown attribute to the user if the image is not rendered."
                      html-link org-roam-server-token desc)
            (format "<img src=%s alt=%s />" html-link desc)))))))
 
+(defun org-roam-server-set-tags()
+  "Process org-roam-server-tags"
+  (interactive)
+  (let* (
+         (tags (read-string "Tags: " org-roam-server-tags))
+         (tags-temp (cdr (split-string tags "\ [\+]")))
+         (plus (mapcar (lambda(a) (string-trim (car (split-string a "\ [\-]")))) tags-temp))
+         (tags-temp (cdr (split-string tags "\ [\-]")))
+         (minus (mapcar (lambda(a) (string-trim (car (split-string a "\ [\+]")))) tags-temp)))
+
+    (setq org-roam-server-default-include-filters (json-encode (mapcar (lambda (tag) (list (cons 'id tag ) (cons 'parent "tags"))) plus)))
+    (setq org-roam-server-default-exclude-filters (json-encode (mapcar (lambda (tag) (list (cons 'id tag ) (cons 'parent "tags"))) minus)))
+    (setq org-roam-server-tags tags)
+         ))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-minor-mode org-roam-server-mode
   "Start the http server and serve org-roam files."
@@ -556,14 +577,16 @@ DESCRIPTION is the shown attribute to the user if the image is not rendered."
       (if (not (string= org-roam-server-token token))
           (httpd-error httpd-current-proc 403)))
   (insert (or org-roam-server-style ":empty")))
-
-(defservlet* default-filters application/json (token)
+(setq org-roam-server-default-filters-last "")
+(defservlet* default-filters text/event-stream (token &optional force)
   (if org-roam-server-authenticate
       (if (not (string= org-roam-server-token token))
           (httpd-error httpd-current-proc 403)))
-  (insert (format "{\"include\" : %s, \"exclude\": %s}"
+  (when (or force (not (equal org-roam-server-default-filters-last org-roam-server-tags)))
+  (insert (format "data: %s\n\n" (format "{\"include\" : %s, \"exclude\": %s}"
                   org-roam-server-default-include-filters
                   org-roam-server-default-exclude-filters)))
+  (setq org-roam-server-default-filters-last org-roam-server-tags)))
 
 (defun org-roam-server-insert-title (title)
   "Insert the TITLE as `org-document-title`."