diff --git a/dist/plan b/dist/plan
index 2a6d5c3..994157b 100755
Binary files a/dist/plan and b/dist/plan differ
diff --git a/plan/command/sync.go b/plan/command/sync.go
index 742e431..0f7d13f 100644
--- a/plan/command/sync.go
+++ b/plan/command/sync.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"go-mod.ewintr.nl/planner/item"
 	"go-mod.ewintr.nl/planner/plan/storage"
@@ -39,17 +40,21 @@ func (s Sync) Do(deps Dependencies) (CommandResult, error) {
 	}
 
 	// get new/updated items
-	ts, err := deps.SyncRepo.LastUpdate()
+	oldTS, err := deps.SyncRepo.LastUpdate()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find timestamp of last update: %v", err)
 	}
-	recItems, err := deps.SyncClient.Updated([]item.Kind{item.KindTask}, ts)
+	recItems, err := deps.SyncClient.Updated([]item.Kind{item.KindTask}, oldTS)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not receive updates: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	updated := make([]item.Item, 0)
+	var newTS time.Time
 	for _, ri := range recItems {
+		if ri.Updated.After(newTS) {
+			newTS = ri.Updated
+		}
 		if ri.Deleted {
 			if err := deps.LocalIDRepo.Delete(ri.ID); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not delete local id: %v", err)
@@ -94,6 +99,10 @@ func (s Sync) Do(deps Dependencies) (CommandResult, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := deps.SyncRepo.SetLastUpdate(newTS); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not store update timestamp: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	return SyncResult{}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plan/storage/memory/sync.go b/plan/storage/memory/sync.go
index 42c6acb..4fc1006 100644
--- a/plan/storage/memory/sync.go
+++ b/plan/storage/memory/sync.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func (r *Sync) DeleteAll() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *Sync) SetLastUpdate(ts time.Time) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *Sync) LastUpdate() (time.Time, error) {
 	r.mutex.RLock()
 	defer r.mutex.RUnlock()
diff --git a/plan/storage/sqlite/migrations.go b/plan/storage/sqlite/migrations.go
index 5a645f3..a786d46 100644
--- a/plan/storage/sqlite/migrations.go
+++ b/plan/storage/sqlite/migrations.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ var migrations = []string{
 	`INSERT INTO localids (id, local_id)
     SELECT id, local_id FROM localids_backup`,
 	`DROP TABLE localids_backup`,
+
 	`ALTER TABLE items ADD COLUMN date TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`,
 	`ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN project TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`,
+	`CREATE TABLE syncupdate ("timestamp" TIMESTAMP NOT NULL)`,
+	`INSERT INTO syncupdate (timestamp) VALUES ("0001-01-01T00:00:00Z")`,
 }
diff --git a/plan/storage/sqlite/sync.go b/plan/storage/sqlite/sync.go
index 5c72256..fdf5fba 100644
--- a/plan/storage/sqlite/sync.go
+++ b/plan/storage/sqlite/sync.go
@@ -84,20 +84,22 @@ func (s *SqliteSync) DeleteAll() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *SqliteSync) SetLastUpdate(ts time.Time) error {
+	if _, err := s.db.Exec(`UPDATE syncupdate SET timestamp = ?`, ts.Format(time.RFC3339)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: could not store timestamp: %v", ErrSqliteFailure, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *SqliteSync) LastUpdate() (time.Time, error) {
-	var updatedStr sql.NullString
-	err := s.db.QueryRow("SELECT MAX(updated) FROM items").Scan(&updatedStr)
-	if err != nil {
+	var tsStr string
+	if err := s.db.QueryRow("SELECT timestamp FROM syncupdate").Scan(&tsStr); err != nil {
 		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to get last update: %v", ErrSqliteFailure, err)
 	}
-
-	if !updatedStr.Valid {
-		return time.Time{}, nil // Return zero time if NULL or no rows
-	}
-
-	lastUpdate, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, updatedStr.String)
+	ts, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, tsStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to parse last update time: %v", ErrSqliteFailure, err)
+		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: could not convert db timstamp into time.Time: %v", ErrSqliteFailure, err)
 	}
-	return lastUpdate, nil
+
+	return ts, nil
 }
diff --git a/plan/storage/storage.go b/plan/storage/storage.go
index 914e98c..3cb7672 100644
--- a/plan/storage/storage.go
+++ b/plan/storage/storage.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Sync interface {
 	FindAll() ([]item.Item, error)
 	Store(i item.Item) error
 	DeleteAll() error
+	SetLastUpdate(ts time.Time) error
 	LastUpdate() (time.Time, error)
 }
 
diff --git a/sync/client/http.go b/sync/client/http.go
index 324c490..d7451ed 100644
--- a/sync/client/http.go
+++ b/sync/client/http.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *HTTP) Updated(ks []item.Kind, ts time.Time) ([]item.Item, error) {
 	}
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/sync?ks=%s", c.baseURL, strings.Join(ksStr, ","))
 	if !ts.IsZero() {
-		u = fmt.Sprintf("%s&ts=", url.QueryEscape(ts.Format(time.RFC3339)))
+		u = fmt.Sprintf("%s&ts=%s", u, url.QueryEscape(ts.Format(time.RFC3339)))
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {