diff --git a/src/core/mediamenu.py b/src/core/mediamenu.py
index 4aacf455b..82ffc3fc9 100644
--- a/src/core/mediamenu.py
+++ b/src/core/mediamenu.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _check_for_rescan(self, filename, interval):
             # directory not known, force scan
             log.info('initial scan %s' % filename)
             kaa.beacon.scan(filename)
-        elif (time.time() - data.get('last_crawl', 0)) / 3600 > interval:
+        elif interval and (time.time() - data.get('last_crawl', 0)) / 3600 > interval:
             # FIXME: if Freevo is running longer than 'interval'
             # hours we need to re-trigger the scan here.
             log.info('scan %s' % filename)