diff --git a/client/settings.html b/client/settings.html
index f6d929f..851190b 100644
--- a/client/settings.html
+++ b/client/settings.html
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
             <input type="checkbox" name="generateNFOFile" v-model="generateNFOFile">
             <span class="label-body">Generate NFO files for Podcasts</span>
         </label>
+        <label for="dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk">
+            <input type="checkbox" name="dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk" v-model="dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk">
+            <span class="label-body">Don't re-download files deleted from disk.</span>
+        </label>
         
       
         <input type="submit" value="Save" class="button">
@@ -168,7 +172,8 @@ var app = new Vue({
             appendEpisodeNumberToFileName:self.appendEpisodeNumberToFileName,
             darkMode:self.darkMode,
             downloadEpisodeImages:self.downloadEpisodeImages,
-            generateNFOFile:self.generateNFOFile
+            generateNFOFile:self.generateNFOFile,
+            dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk:self.dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk
         })
         .then(function(response){
             Vue.toasted.show('Settings saved successfully.' ,{
@@ -210,7 +215,8 @@ var app = new Vue({
     darkMode:{{ .setting.DarkMode }},
     originalThemeSetting:{{ .setting.DarkMode }},
     downloadEpisodeImages:{{.setting.DownloadEpisodeImages }},
-    generateNFOFile:{{.setting.GenerateNFOFile }},
+    generateNFOFile:{{ .setting.GenerateNFOFile }},
+    dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk:{{ .setting.DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk }},
   },
 
 })
diff --git a/controllers/pages.go b/controllers/pages.go
index 2d2476d..4bffa41 100644
--- a/controllers/pages.go
+++ b/controllers/pages.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type SettingModel struct {
 	DarkMode                      bool `form:"darkMode" json:"darkMode" query:"darkMode"`
 	DownloadEpisodeImages         bool `form:"downloadEpisodeImages" json:"downloadEpisodeImages" query:"downloadEpisodeImages"`
 	GenerateNFOFile               bool `form:"generateNFOFile" json:"generateNFOFile" query:"generateNFOFile"`
+	DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk   bool `form:"dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk" json:"dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk" query:"dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk"`
 }
 
 var searchOptions = map[string]string{
diff --git a/controllers/podcast.go b/controllers/podcast.go
index af04c2d..04713d6 100644
--- a/controllers/podcast.go
+++ b/controllers/podcast.go
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func UpdateSetting(c *gin.Context) {
 
 		err = service.UpdateSettings(model.DownloadOnAdd, model.InitialDownloadCount,
 			model.AutoDownload, model.AppendDateToFileName, model.AppendEpisodeNumberToFileName,
-			model.DarkMode, model.DownloadEpisodeImages, model.GenerateNFOFile)
+			model.DarkMode, model.DownloadEpisodeImages, model.GenerateNFOFile, model.DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk)
 		if err == nil {
 			c.JSON(200, gin.H{"message": "Success"})
 
diff --git a/db/podcast.go b/db/podcast.go
index 854d3f5..fa9abdb 100644
--- a/db/podcast.go
+++ b/db/podcast.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type Setting struct {
 	DarkMode                      bool `gorm:"default:false"`
 	DownloadEpisodeImages         bool `gorm:"default:false"`
 	GenerateNFOFile               bool `gorm:"default:false"`
+	DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk   bool `gorm:"default:false"`
 }
 type Migration struct {
 	Base
diff --git a/service/podcastService.go b/service/podcastService.go
index f92870e..0ff9ce2 100644
--- a/service/podcastService.go
+++ b/service/podcastService.go
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ func DownloadMissingEpisodes() error {
 }
 func CheckMissingFiles() error {
 	data, err := db.GetAllPodcastItemsAlreadyDownloaded()
+	setting := db.GetOrCreateSetting()
 
 	//fmt.Println("Processing episodes: ", strconv.Itoa(len(*data)))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -540,7 +541,11 @@ func CheckMissingFiles() error {
 	for _, item := range *data {
 		fileExists := FileExists(item.DownloadPath)
 		if !fileExists {
-			SetPodcastItemAsNotDownloaded(item.ID, db.NotDownloaded)
+			if setting.DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk {
+				SetPodcastItemAsNotDownloaded(item.ID, db.Deleted)
+			} else {
+				SetPodcastItemAsNotDownloaded(item.ID, db.NotDownloaded)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -736,7 +741,7 @@ func GetSearchFromPodcastIndex(pod *podcastindex.Podcast) *model.CommonSearchRes
 	return p
 }
 
-func UpdateSettings(downloadOnAdd bool, initialDownloadCount int, autoDownload bool, appendDateToFileName bool, appendEpisodeNumberToFileName bool, darkMode bool, downloadEpisodeImages bool, generateNFOFile bool) error {
+func UpdateSettings(downloadOnAdd bool, initialDownloadCount int, autoDownload bool, appendDateToFileName bool, appendEpisodeNumberToFileName bool, darkMode bool, downloadEpisodeImages bool, generateNFOFile bool, dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk bool) error {
 	setting := db.GetOrCreateSetting()
 
 	setting.AutoDownload = autoDownload
@@ -747,6 +752,7 @@ func UpdateSettings(downloadOnAdd bool, initialDownloadCount int, autoDownload b
 	setting.DarkMode = darkMode
 	setting.DownloadEpisodeImages = downloadEpisodeImages
 	setting.GenerateNFOFile = generateNFOFile
+	setting.DontDownloadDeletedFromDisk = dontDownloadDeletedFromDisk
 
 	return db.UpdateSettings(setting)
 }