diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 8b18d87df34..e3465955719 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: LaunchBar Core
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.launchbar.core;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.3.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.launchbar.core.internal.Activator
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse CDT
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/internal/target/LaunchTargetManager.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/internal/target/LaunchTargetManager.java
index d2e27ea2887..a4c4ab7a043 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/internal/target/LaunchTargetManager.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/internal/target/LaunchTargetManager.java
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.internal.Activator;
 import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.ILaunchTarget;
 import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.ILaunchTargetListener;
 import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.ILaunchTargetManager;
+import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.ILaunchTargetManager2;
 import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.ILaunchTargetProvider;
 import org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target.TargetStatus;
 import org.osgi.service.prefs.BackingStoreException;
 import org.osgi.service.prefs.Preferences;
 
-public class LaunchTargetManager implements ILaunchTargetManager {
+public class LaunchTargetManager implements ILaunchTargetManager, ILaunchTargetManager2 {
 
 	private Map<String, Map<String, ILaunchTarget>> targets;
 	private Map<String, IConfigurationElement> typeElements;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ public class LaunchTargetManager implements ILaunchTargetManager {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public ILaunchTarget addLaunchTarget(String typeId, String id) {
+	public ILaunchTarget addLaunchTargetNoNotify(String typeId, String id) {
 		initTargets();
 		Map<String, ILaunchTarget> type = targets.get(typeId);
 		if (type == null) {
@@ -212,19 +213,25 @@ public class LaunchTargetManager implements ILaunchTargetManager {
 			ILaunchTarget target = new LaunchTarget(typeId, id, child);
 			type.put(id, target);
 			prefs.flush();
-
-			synchronized (listeners) {
-				for (ILaunchTargetListener listener : listeners) {
-					listener.launchTargetAdded(target);
-				}
-			}
-
 			return target;
 		} catch (BackingStoreException e) {
 			Activator.log(e);
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public ILaunchTarget addLaunchTarget(String typeId, String id) {
+		ILaunchTarget target = addLaunchTargetNoNotify(typeId, id);
+		if (target != null) {
+			synchronized (listeners) {
+				for (ILaunchTargetListener listener : listeners) {
+					listener.launchTargetAdded(target);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return target;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void removeLaunchTarget(ILaunchTarget target) {
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/target/ILaunchTargetManager2.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/target/ILaunchTargetManager2.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d95daf3c890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.launchbar.core/src/org/eclipse/launchbar/core/target/ILaunchTargetManager2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc. and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.launchbar.core.target;
+
+/**
+ * Launch target manager extensions.
+ * 
+ * @noimplement not to be implemented by clients
+ */
+public interface ILaunchTargetManager2 {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Add a launch target with the given typeId, id, and name but no notification.
+	 * 
+	 * @param typeId
+	 *            type id of the launch target
+	 * @param id
+	 *            id for the target.
+	 * @return the created launch target
+	 */
+	ILaunchTarget addLaunchTargetNoNotify(String typeId, String id);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.launchbar/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.launchbar/feature.xml
index a2e18bea702..b61f15d85ee 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.launchbar/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.launchbar/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.launchbar"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="2.2.3.qualifier"
+      version="2.3.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
       license-feature-version="0.0.0">