diff --git a/frontend/src/Movie/Details/MovieDetails.js b/frontend/src/Movie/Details/MovieDetails.js
index 5ccb3b520..e4b4d2b30 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Movie/Details/MovieDetails.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Movie/Details/MovieDetails.js
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ class MovieDetails extends Component {
             <PageToolbarButton
               label={translate('SearchMovie')}
               iconName={icons.SEARCH}
-              isDisabled={!monitored}
               isSpinning={isSearching}
               title={undefined}
               onPress={onSearchPress}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/MoviesSearchService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/MoviesSearchService.cs
index 63487a991..bc7e2c946 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/MoviesSearchService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/MoviesSearchService.cs
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ public void Execute(MoviesSearchCommand message)
             var downloadedCount = 0;
             foreach (var movieId in message.MovieIds)
             {
-                var movies = _movieService.GetMovie(movieId);
+                var movie = _movieService.GetMovie(movieId);
 
-                if (!movies.Monitored)
+                if (!movie.Monitored && message.Trigger != CommandTrigger.Manual)
                 {
-                    _logger.Debug("Movie {0} is not monitored, skipping search", movies.Title);
+                    _logger.Debug("Movie {0} is not monitored, skipping search", movie.Title);
                     continue;
                 }