diff --git a/lib/widget/sharing_browser.dart b/lib/widget/sharing_browser.dart
index f9506b8a..4ea097fe 100644
--- a/lib/widget/sharing_browser.dart
+++ b/lib/widget/sharing_browser.dart
@@ -12,15 +12,18 @@ import 'package:nc_photos/bloc/list_sharing.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/cache_manager_util.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/debug_util.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/entity/album.dart';
+import 'package:nc_photos/entity/file.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/entity/file/data_source.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/entity/share.dart';
-import 'package:nc_photos/event/event.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/exception_util.dart' as exception_util;
 import 'package:nc_photos/iterable_extension.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/k.dart' as k;
+import 'package:nc_photos/lab.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/or_null.dart';
+import 'package:nc_photos/pref.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/snack_bar_manager.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/theme.dart';
+import 'package:nc_photos/use_case/import_potential_shared_album.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/use_case/ls_single_file.dart';
 import 'package:nc_photos/widget/album_browser_util.dart' as album_browser_util;
 import 'package:nc_photos/widget/empty_list_indicator.dart';
@@ -62,7 +65,14 @@ class _SharingBrowserState extends State<SharingBrowser> {
   @override
   initState() {
     super.initState();
-    _initBloc();
+    if (Lab().enableSharedAlbum) {
+      _importPotentialSharedAlbum().whenComplete(() {
+        _initBloc();
+      });
+      Pref.inst().setNewSharedAlbum(false);
+    } else {
+      _initBloc();
+    }
   }
 
   @override
@@ -319,6 +329,22 @@ class _SharingBrowserState extends State<SharingBrowser> {
     _bloc.add(ListSharingBlocQuery(widget.account));
   }
 
+  Future<List<Album>> _importPotentialSharedAlbum() async {
+    const fileRepo = FileRepo(FileWebdavDataSource());
+    // don't want the potential albums to be cached at this moment
+    final albumRepo = AlbumRepo(AlbumRemoteDataSource());
+    try {
+      return await ImportPotentialSharedAlbum(fileRepo, albumRepo)(
+          widget.account);
+    } catch (e, stackTrace) {
+      _log.shout(
+          "[_importPotentialSharedAlbum] Failed while ImportPotentialSharedAlbum",
+          e,
+          stackTrace);
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+
   late final _bloc = ListSharingBloc.of(widget.account);
 
   var _items = <List<ListSharingItem>>[];