diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 877876bb1c..27ab5c00fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Improved API v2 exception reporting on Python 2 ([#6931](https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/pull/6931))
 - Added support for qbittorrent api v2. Required from qbittorrent version > 3.2.0. ([#7040](https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/pull/7040))
 - Show Header: Improved visibility of local and global configured required and ignored words. ([#7085](https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/pull/7085))
+- Reduced frequency of file system access when not strictly required ([#7102](https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/pull/7102))
 
 #### Fixes
 - Fixed hdtorrent provider parse the publishing date with the day first ([#6847](https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/pull/6847))
diff --git a/medusa/tv/episode.py b/medusa/tv/episode.py
index 74f16b424f..1eb6754ac1 100644
--- a/medusa/tv/episode.py
+++ b/medusa/tv/episode.py
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ def load_from_db(self, season, episode):
         """
         if self.loaded:
             return True
+
         main_db_con = db.DBConnection()
         sql_results = main_db_con.select(
             'SELECT '
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ def load_from_db(self, season, episode):
 
             # don't overwrite my location
             if sql_results[0]['location']:
-                self.location = os.path.normpath(sql_results[0]['location'])
+                self._location = os.path.normpath(sql_results[0]['location'])
             if sql_results[0]['file_size']:
                 self.file_size = int(sql_results[0]['file_size'])
             else:
@@ -961,6 +962,8 @@ def load_from_indexer(self, season=None, episode=None, tvapi=None, cached_season
             )
             self.status = UNSET
 
+        self.save_to_db()
+
     def __load_from_nfo(self, location):
 
         if not self.series.is_location_valid():
@@ -1044,6 +1047,8 @@ def __load_from_nfo(self, location):
 
             self.hastbn = bool(os.path.isfile(replace_extension(nfo_file, 'tbn')))
 
+        self.save_to_db()
+
     def __str__(self):
         """Represent a string.
 
@@ -1182,12 +1187,12 @@ def delete_episode(self):
 
     def get_sql(self):
         """Create SQL queue for this episode if any of its data has been changed since the last save."""
-        try:
-            if not self.dirty:
-                log.debug('{id}: Not creating SQL queue - record is not dirty',
-                          {'id': self.series.series_id})
-                return
+        if not self.dirty:
+            log.debug('{id}: Not creating SQL query - record is not dirty',
+                      {'id': self.series.series_id})
+            return
 
+        try:
             main_db_con = db.DBConnection()
             rows = main_db_con.select(
                 'SELECT '
@@ -1210,7 +1215,7 @@ def get_sql(self):
                 # use a custom update method to get the data into the DB for existing records.
                 # Multi or added subtitle or removed subtitles
                 if app.SUBTITLES_MULTI or not rows[0]['subtitles'] or not self.subtitles:
-                    return [
+                    sql_query = [
                         'UPDATE '
                         '  tv_episodes '
                         'SET '
@@ -1248,7 +1253,7 @@ def get_sql(self):
                 else:
                     # Don't update the subtitle language when the srt file doesn't contain the
                     # alpha2 code, keep value from subliminal
-                    return [
+                    sql_query = [
                         'UPDATE '
                         '  tv_episodes '
                         'SET '
@@ -1284,7 +1289,7 @@ def get_sql(self):
                          self.version, self.release_group, self.manually_searched, self.watched, ep_id]]
             else:
                 # use a custom insert method to get the data into the DB.
-                return [
+                sql_query = [
                     'INSERT OR IGNORE INTO '
                     '  tv_episodes '
                     '  (episode_id, '
@@ -1323,12 +1328,24 @@ def get_sql(self):
         except Exception as error:
             log.error('{id}: Error while updating database: {error_msg!r}',
                       {'id': self.series.series_id, 'error_msg': error})
+            self.reset_dirty()
+            return
+
+        self.loaded = False
+        self.reset_dirty()
+
+        return sql_query
 
     def save_to_db(self):
         """Save this episode to the database if any of its data has been changed since the last save."""
         if not self.dirty:
             return
 
+        log.debug('{id}: Saving episode to database: {show} {ep}',
+                  {'id': self.series.series_id,
+                   'show': self.series.name,
+                   'ep': episode_num(self.season, self.episode)})
+
         new_value_dict = {
             'indexerid': self.indexerid,
             'name': self.name,
@@ -1362,6 +1379,7 @@ def save_to_db(self):
         # use a custom update/insert method to get the data into the DB
         main_db_con = db.DBConnection()
         main_db_con.upsert('tv_episodes', new_value_dict, control_value_dict)
+
         self.loaded = False
         self.reset_dirty()