diff --git a/MareSynchronos/FileCacheDB/PeriodicFileScanner.cs b/MareSynchronos/FileCacheDB/PeriodicFileScanner.cs
index ce1deae..baf802f 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/FileCacheDB/PeriodicFileScanner.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/FileCacheDB/PeriodicFileScanner.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ public class PeriodicFileScanner : IDisposable
         _scanCancellationTokenSource?.Cancel();
     }
 
-    public void InvokeScan()
+    public void InvokeScan(bool forced = false)
     {
+        bool isForced = forced;
         _scanCancellationTokenSource?.Cancel();
         _scanCancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
         var token = _scanCancellationTokenSource.Token;
@@ -80,8 +81,9 @@ public class PeriodicFileScanner : IDisposable
             while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
                 RecalculateFileCacheSize();
-                if (!_pluginConfiguration.FileScanPaused)
+                if (!_pluginConfiguration.FileScanPaused || isForced)
                 {
+                    isForced = false;
                     await PeriodicFileScan(token);
                 }
                 _timeUntilNextScan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeBetweenScans);
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
index 442fbb0..b4a48b7 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
 
                     if (ImGui.Button("Start Scan##startScan"))
                     {
-                        _fileCacheManager.InvokeScan();
+                        _fileCacheManager.InvokeScan(true);
                     }
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
index dbb6ecb..a9ae977 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
             else if (_pluginConfiguration.FileScanPaused)
             {
                 ImGui.Text("File scanner is paused");
+                ImGui.SameLine();
+                if (ImGui.Button("Force Rescan##forcedrescan"))
+                {
+                    _cacheScanner.InvokeScan(true);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -512,7 +517,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
 
         public void RecalculateFileCacheSize()
         {
-            _cacheScanner.InvokeScan();
+            _cacheScanner.InvokeScan(true);
         }
 
         public void DrawParallelScansSetting()