diff --git a/PlexRequests.Core/SettingModels/PlexSettings.cs b/PlexRequests.Core/SettingModels/PlexSettings.cs
index 59148f28c..2312772ac 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.Core/SettingModels/PlexSettings.cs
+++ b/PlexRequests.Core/SettingModels/PlexSettings.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Core.SettingModels
     public sealed class PlexSettings : ExternalSettings
     {
         public bool AdvancedSearch { get; set; }
+        public bool EnableTvEpisodeSearching { get; set; }
 
         public string PlexAuthToken { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/PlexRequests.Services/Jobs/PlexEpisodeCacher.cs b/PlexRequests.Services/Jobs/PlexEpisodeCacher.cs
index 63794cb17..3a4af04dd 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.Services/Jobs/PlexEpisodeCacher.cs
+++ b/PlexRequests.Services/Jobs/PlexEpisodeCacher.cs
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Services.Jobs
         private const string TableName = "PlexEpisodes";
 
 
-        public void CacheEpisodes()
+        public void CacheEpisodes(PlexSettings settings)
         {
             var videoHashset = new HashSet<Video>();
-            var settings = Plex.GetSettings();
             // Ensure Plex is setup correctly
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.PlexAuthToken))
             {
@@ -144,6 +143,12 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Services.Jobs
         {
             try
             {
+                var s = Plex.GetSettings();
+                if (!s.EnableTvEpisodeSearching)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 var jobs = Job.GetJobs();
                 var job = jobs.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.Equals(JobNames.EpisodeCacher, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
                 if (job != null)
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ namespace PlexRequests.Services.Jobs
                         return;
                     }
                 }
-                CacheEpisodes();
+                CacheEpisodes(s);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/PlexRequests.UI/Views/Admin/Plex.cshtml b/PlexRequests.UI/Views/Admin/Plex.cshtml
index 866de8a65..d3b436766 100644
--- a/PlexRequests.UI/Views/Admin/Plex.cshtml
+++ b/PlexRequests.UI/Views/Admin/Plex.cshtml
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@
                 <small>If enabled we will be able to have a 100% accurate match, but we will be querying Plex for every single item in your library. So if you have a big library then this could take some time.</small>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="form-group">
+                <div class="checkbox">
+
+                    @if (Model.EnableTvEpisodeSearching)
+                    {
+                        <input type="checkbox" id="EnableTvEpisodeSearching" name="EnableTvEpisodeSearching" checked="checked"><label for="EnableTvEpisodeSearching">Enable Episode Searching</label>
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        <input type="checkbox" id="EnableTvEpisodeSearching" name="EnableTvEpisodeSearching"><label for="EnableTvEpisodeSearching">Enable Episode Searching</label>
+                    }
+
+                </div>
+                <small>
+                    If enabled then we will lookup all episodes on your Plex server and store them in the local database. This will stop episode requests that already exist on Plex (that might not be in Sonarr).
+                    Please be aware that this is a very resource intensive process and while the Plex Episode Cacher job is running the application may appear slow (Depending on the size of your Plex library).
+                </small>
+            </div>
+
             <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="SubDir" class="control-label">Plex Base Url</label>
                 <div>