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@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ useful if you are manually installing TubeSync in some other environment. These
 | TUBESYNC_DIRECTORY_PREFIX    | Enable `video` and `audio` directory prefixes in `/downloads` | True                                                                          |
 | TUBESYNC_SHRINK_NEW          | Filter unneeded information from newly retrieved metadata     | True                                                                          |
 | TUBESYNC_SHRINK_OLD          | Filter unneeded information from metadata loaded from the database | True                                                                     |
-| TUBESYNC_SAVE_MEDIA_AFTER_BULK_ACTION | Queue a `save_media` task per item changed by an admin bulk action, defaults to False | False                                                |
+| TUBESYNC_SAVE_MEDIA_AFTER_BULK_ACTION | Queue a `save_media` task per item changed by an admin bulk action | True                                                |
 | GUNICORN_WORKERS             | Number of `gunicorn` (web request) workers to spawn           | 3                                                                             |
 | LISTEN_HOST                  | IP address for `gunicorn` to listen on                        | 127.0.0.1                                                                     |
 | LISTEN_PORT                  | Port number for `gunicorn` to listen on                       | 8080                                                                          |