diff --git a/server/controllers/ToolsController.js b/server/controllers/ToolsController.js
index 9f2014ec..767d5e46 100644
--- a/server/controllers/ToolsController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/ToolsController.js
@@ -150,6 +150,27 @@ class ToolsController {
     res.sendStatus(200)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * POST: /api/tools/batch/update-metadata-files
+   * Start batch request to update all metadata files
+   *
+   * @this import('../routers/ApiRouter')
+   *
+   * @param {RequestWithUser} req
+   * @param {Response} res
+   */
+  async updateAllItemMetadata(req, res) {
+    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
+      Logger.warn(`Non-admin user "${req.user.username}" other than admin attempted to batch scan library items`)
+      return res.sendStatus(403)
+    }
+
+    const libraryItems = await Database.libraryItemModel.findAll()
+    for (const libraryItem of libraryItems) await libraryItem.saveMetadataFile()
+
+    res.sendStatus(200)
+  }
+
   /**
    *
    * @param {RequestWithUser} req
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index db04bf5e..2ddbcf42 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class ApiRouter {
     this.router.delete('/tools/item/:id/encode-m4b', ToolsController.middleware.bind(this), ToolsController.cancelM4bEncode.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/tools/item/:id/embed-metadata', ToolsController.middleware.bind(this), ToolsController.embedAudioFileMetadata.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/tools/batch/embed-metadata', ToolsController.middleware.bind(this), ToolsController.batchEmbedMetadata.bind(this))
+    this.router.post('/tools/batch/update-metadata-files', ToolsController.middleware.bind(this), ToolsController.updateAllItemMetadata.bind(this))
 
     //
     // RSS Feed Routes (Admin and up)