diff --git a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Match.vue b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Match.vue
index bf15ffc17..41043be71 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Match.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Match.vue
@@ -400,9 +400,7 @@ export default {
         this.$toast.warning(this.$strings.ToastTitleRequired)
         return
       }
-      if (!this.isPodcast) {
-        this.persistProvider()
-      }
+      this.persistProvider()
       this.runSearch()
     },
     async runSearch() {
diff --git a/server/models/Podcast.js b/server/models/Podcast.js
index a96e1dd02..d99a66df4 100644
--- a/server/models/Podcast.js
+++ b/server/models/Podcast.js
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ class Podcast extends Model {
     const genres = Array.isArray(payload.metadata.genres) && payload.metadata.genres.every((g) => typeof g === 'string' && g.length) ? payload.metadata.genres : []
     const tags = Array.isArray(payload.tags) && payload.tags.every((t) => typeof t === 'string' && t.length) ? payload.tags : []
 
-    const stringKeys = ['title', 'author', 'releaseDate', 'feedUrl', 'imageUrl', 'description', 'itunesPageUrl', 'itunesId', 'itunesArtistId', 'language', 'type']
-    stringKeys.forEach((key) => {
-      if (typeof payload.metadata[key] === 'number') {
-        payload.metadata[key] = String(payload.metadata[key])
-      }
-    })
-
     return this.create(
       {
         title,
@@ -212,11 +205,6 @@ class Podcast extends Model {
     if (payload.metadata) {
       const stringKeys = ['title', 'author', 'releaseDate', 'feedUrl', 'imageUrl', 'description', 'itunesPageUrl', 'itunesId', 'itunesArtistId', 'language', 'type']
       stringKeys.forEach((key) => {
-        // Convert numbers to strings
-        if (typeof payload.metadata[key] === 'number') {
-          payload.metadata[key] = String(payload.metadata[key])
-        }
-
         let newKey = key
         if (key === 'type') {
           newKey = 'podcastType'