diff --git a/server/api/radarr.ts b/server/api/radarr.ts
index 4797ef5d7..968cb21da 100644
--- a/server/api/radarr.ts
+++ b/server/api/radarr.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class RadarrAPI {
 
   public addMovie = async (options: RadarrMovieOptions): Promise<void> => {
     try {
-      await this.axios.post<RadarrMovie>(`/movie`, {
+      const response = await this.axios.post<RadarrMovie>(`/movie`, {
         title: options.title,
         qualityProfileId: options.qualityProfileId,
         profileId: options.profileId,
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ class RadarrAPI {
           searchForMovie: options.searchNow,
         },
       });
+
+      if (response.data.id) {
+        logger.info('Radarr accepted request', { label: 'Radarr' });
+        logger.debug('Radarr add details', {
+          label: 'Radarr',
+          movie: response.data,
+        });
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Failed to add movie to Radarr', {
+          label: 'Radarr',
+          options,
+        });
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       logger.error(
         'Failed to add movie to Radarr. This might happen if the movie already exists, in which case you can safely ignore this error.',
diff --git a/server/api/sonarr.ts b/server/api/sonarr.ts
index 903cd4cc6..a49378765 100644
--- a/server/api/sonarr.ts
+++ b/server/api/sonarr.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class SonarrAPI {
 
         series.addOptions = {
           ignoreEpisodesWithFiles: true,
-          searchForMissingEpisodes: true,
+          searchForMissingEpisodes: options.searchNow,
         };
 
         const newSeriesResponse = await this.axios.put<SonarrSeries>(
@@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ class SonarrAPI {
           series
         );
 
+        if (newSeriesResponse.data.id) {
+          logger.info('Sonarr accepted request. Updated existing series', {
+            label: 'Sonarr',
+          });
+          logger.debug('Sonarr add details', {
+            label: 'Sonarr',
+            movie: newSeriesResponse.data,
+          });
+        } else {
+          logger.error('Failed to add movie to Sonarr', {
+            label: 'Sonarr',
+            options,
+          });
+        }
+
         return newSeriesResponse.data;
       }
 
@@ -162,6 +177,19 @@ class SonarrAPI {
         } as Partial<SonarrSeries>
       );
 
+      if (createdSeriesResponse.data.id) {
+        logger.info('Sonarr accepted request', { label: 'Sonarr' });
+        logger.debug('Sonarr add details', {
+          label: 'Sonarr',
+          movie: createdSeriesResponse.data,
+        });
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Failed to add movie to Sonarr', {
+          label: 'Sonarr',
+          options,
+        });
+      }
+
       return createdSeriesResponse.data;
     } catch (e) {
       logger.error('Something went wrong adding a series to Sonarr', {