diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/ReleaseSearchService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/ReleaseSearchService.cs
index 1a6cf9a9c..d8dfc4519 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/ReleaseSearchService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/ReleaseSearchService.cs
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch
 
             // build list of queries for each episode in the form: "<series> <episode-title>"
             searchSpec.EpisodeQueryTitles = episodes.Where(e => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(e.Title))
+                                                    .Where(e => !monitoredOnly || e.Monitored)
                                                     .SelectMany(e => searchSpec.CleanSceneTitles.Select(title => title + " " + SearchCriteriaBase.GetCleanSceneTitle(e.Title)))
                                                     .ToArray();