diff --git a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/media/main.py b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/media/main.py
index aa1ee38..bd42b9d 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/media/_base/media/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/media/_base/media/main.py
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class MediaPlugin(MediaBase):
             }
         })
 
-    def restatus(self, media_id, tag_recent = True):
+    def restatus(self, media_id, tag_recent = True, allowed_restatus = None):
 
         try:
             db = get_db()
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ class MediaPlugin(MediaBase):
                     m['status'] = previous_status
 
             # Only update when status has changed
-            if previous_status != m['status']:
+            if previous_status != m['status'] and (not allowed_restatus or m['status'] in allowed_restatus):
                 db.update(m)
 
                 # Tag media as recent
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/manage.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/manage.py
index b0e1239..3c22ee3 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/manage.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/manage.py
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ class Manage(Plugin):
             if group['media'] and group['identifier']:
                 added_identifiers.append(group['identifier'])
 
-                # Add it to release and update the info
-                fireEvent('release.add', group = group, update_info = False)
+                # Add it to release and update the info (only allow media restatus to done, not to active)
+                fireEvent('release.add', group = group, update_info = False, allowed_restatus = ['done'])
                 fireEvent('movie.update', identifier = group['identifier'], on_complete = self.createAfterUpdate(folder, group['identifier']))
 
         return addToLibrary
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/release/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/release/main.py
index 815cb40..a937eee 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/release/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/release/main.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Release(Plugin):
             if 'recent' in media.get('tags', []):
                 fireEvent('media.untag', media.get('_id'), 'recent', single = True)
 
-    def add(self, group, update_info = True, update_id = None):
+    def add(self, group, update_info = True, update_id = None, allowed_restatus = None):
 
         try:
             db = get_db()
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Release(Plugin):
             release['files'] = dict((k, [toUnicode(x) for x in v]) for k, v in group['files'].items() if v)
             db.update(release)
 
-            fireEvent('media.restatus', media['_id'], single = True)
+            fireEvent('media.restatus', media['_id'], allowed_restatus = allowed_restatus, single = True)
 
             return True
         except: