diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
index ceb008629c..10ff019aa4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Extensions/BaseExtensions.cs
@@ -36,5 +36,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
             }
             return false;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Helper method for Dictionaries since they throw on not-found keys
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <typeparam name="U"></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="dictionary"></param>
+        /// <param name="key"></param>
+        /// <param name="defaultValue"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static U GetValueOrDefault<T, U>(this Dictionary<T, U> dictionary, T key, U defaultValue)
+        {
+            U val;
+            if (!dictionary.TryGetValue(key, out val))
+            {
+                val = defaultValue;
+            }
+            return val;
+
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
index 1cad13f22e..249921f0fd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/Folder.cs
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                     //brand new item - needs to be added
                     changed = true;
                     changedArgs.ItemsAdded.Add(child);
-                    //Logger.LogInfo("New Item Added to Library: ("+child.GetType().Name+")"+ child.Name + "(" + child.Path + ")");
                     //refresh it
                     child.RefreshMetadata();
+                    //Logger.LogInfo("New Item Added to Library: ("+child.GetType().Name+") "+ child.Name + " (" + child.Path + ")");
                     //save it in repo...
 
                     //and add it to our valid children
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
                         //  will identify this item as the same one
                         currentChild.ResolveArgs = child.ResolveArgs;
                         currentChild.RefreshMetadata();
+                        Logger.LogInfo("Item Changed: ("+currentChild.GetType().Name+") "+ currentChild.Name + " (" + currentChild.Path + ")");
                         //save it in repo...
                         validChildren.Add(currentChild);
                     }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
index 6baae88113..1daa43dcd2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
@@ -198,8 +198,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller
             //re-start the directory watchers
             DirectoryWatchers.Stop();
             DirectoryWatchers.Start();
+            //Task.Delay(30000); //let's wait and see if more data gets filled in...
             var allChildren = RootFolder.RecursiveChildren;
             Logger.LogInfo(string.Format("Loading complete.  Movies: {0} Episodes: {1}", allChildren.OfType<Entities.Movies.Movie>().Count(), allChildren.OfType<Entities.TV.Episode>().Count()));
+            foreach (var child in allChildren)
+            {
+                Logger.LogDebugInfo("(" + child.GetType().Name + ") " + child.Name + " Overview " + (child.Overview != null ? child.Overview.Substring(0,Math.Min(25,child.Overview.Length)): "") + " (" + child.Path + ")");
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -368,15 +373,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                // Skip if provider says we don't need to run
-                if (!provider.NeedsRefresh(item))
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
                 try
                 {
-                    await provider.FetchAsync(item, item.ResolveArgs).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await provider.FetchIfNeededAsync(item).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseItemXmlParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
index 1cb2e2af34..45343b0511 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseItemXmlParser.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Xml;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Logging;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseMetadataProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseMetadataProvider.cs
index 80a264af27..50004be442 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseMetadataProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/BaseMetadataProvider.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers
         /// <returns></returns>
         protected virtual DateTime LastRefreshed(BaseEntity item)
         {
-            return (item.ProviderData[this.Id] ?? new BaseProviderInfo()).LastRefreshed;
+            return (item.ProviderData.GetValueOrDefault(this.Id, new BaseProviderInfo())).LastRefreshed;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers
         /// <param name="value"></param>
         protected virtual void SetLastRefreshed(BaseEntity item, DateTime value)
         {
-            var data = item.ProviderData[this.Id] ?? new BaseProviderInfo();
+            var data = item.ProviderData.GetValueOrDefault(this.Id, new BaseProviderInfo());
             data.LastRefreshed = value;
             item.ProviderData[this.Id] = data;
         }
@@ -68,7 +68,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers
         /// </summary>
         protected virtual DateTime CompareDate(BaseEntity item)
         {
-            return DateTime.MinValue;
+            return DateTime.MinValue.AddMinutes(1); // want this to be greater than mindate so new items will refresh
+        }
+
+        public virtual Task FetchIfNeededAsync(BaseEntity item)
+        {
+            if (this.NeedsRefresh(item))
+                return FetchAsync(item, item.ResolveArgs);
+            else
+                return new Task(() => { });
         }
             
         public abstract Task FetchAsync(BaseEntity item, ItemResolveEventArgs args);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Resolvers/EntityResolutionHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Resolvers/EntityResolutionHelper.cs
index 76541e0efe..ab2f07ecfd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Resolvers/EntityResolutionHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Resolvers/EntityResolutionHelper.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers
         public static List<string> IgnoreFolders = new List<string>()
         {
             "trailers",
-            "metadata",
             "bdmv",
             "certificate",
             "backup",
@@ -61,6 +60,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers
                 // Ignore any folders containing a file called .ignore
                 resolve = false;
             }
+            else if (args.FileInfo.cFileName.Equals("metadata", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                // Ignore metadata folders
+                resolve = false;
+            }
 
             return resolve;
         }