diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index 5d3ccc7e0..db25df83f 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     <Compile Include="ProviderTests\DiskProviderTests\ExtractArchiveFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProviderTests\PostDownloadProviderTests\PostDownloadProviderFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="JobTests\SearchJobTest.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ProviderTests\PostDownloadProviderTests\ProcessDownloadFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ProviderTests\PostDownloadProviderTests\ProcessDownloadProviderFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProviderTests\JobProviderTests\TestJobs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="JobTests\AppUpdateJobFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProviderTests\UpdateProviderTests\GetUpdateLogFixture.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
index 01f1f975a..30023363d 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
 
         [TestCase("Chuck - 4x05 - Title", "Chuck")]
         [TestCase("Law & Order - 4x05 - Title", "laworder")]
-        [TestCase("This Isn't a Valid Post", "")]
+        [TestCase("Bad Format", "badformat")]
         [TestCase("Mad Men - Season 1 [Bluray720p]", "madmen")]
         [TestCase("Mad Men - Season 1 [Bluray1080p]", "madmen")]
+        [TestCase("The Daily Show With Jon Stewart -", "dailyshowwithjonstewart")]
         public void parse_series_name(string postTitle, string title)
         {
             var result = Parser.ParseSeriesName(postTitle);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadFixture.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadProviderFixture.cs
similarity index 85%
rename from NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadFixture.cs
rename to NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadProviderFixture.cs
index be684a5ea..f39e5e7ba 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadFixture.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ProviderTests/PostDownloadProviderTests/ProcessDownloadProviderFixture.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using NUnit.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Model;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Providers;
-using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Test.Common;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ using NzbDrone.Test.Common.AutoMoq;
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ProviderTests.PostDownloadProviderTests
 {
     [TestFixture]
-    public class ProcessDownloadFixture : CoreTest
+    public class ProcessDownloadProviderFixture : CoreTest
     {
         [Test]
         public void should_skip_if_folder_is_tagged_and_too_fresh()
@@ -245,5 +244,44 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ProviderTests.PostDownloadProviderTests
                 Times.Exactly(fakeEpisodeFiles.Count));
             mocker.VerifyAllMocks();
         }
+
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ProcessDropFolder_should_only_process_folders_that_arent_known_series_folders()
+        {
+            var subFolders = new List<string>
+                                 {
+                                    @"c:\drop\episode1",
+                                    @"c:\drop\episode2",
+                                    @"c:\drop\episode3",
+                                    @"c:\drop\episode4"
+                                 };
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskProvider>()
+                .Setup(c => c.GetDirectories(It.IsAny<String>()))
+                .Returns(subFolders);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<SeriesProvider>()
+                .Setup(c => c.SeriesPathExists(subFolders[1]))
+                .Returns(true);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<SeriesProvider>()
+                .Setup(c => c.FindSeries(It.IsAny<String>()))
+                .Returns(new Series());
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskScanProvider>()
+                .Setup(c => c.Scan(It.IsAny<Series>(), It.IsAny<String>()))
+                .Returns(new List<EpisodeFile>());
+
+            //Act
+            Mocker.Resolve<PostDownloadProvider>().ProcessDropFolder(@"C:\drop\");
+
+
+            //Assert
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskScanProvider>().Verify(c => c.Scan(It.IsAny<Series>(), subFolders[0]), Times.Once());
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskScanProvider>().Verify(c => c.Scan(It.IsAny<Series>(), subFolders[1]), Times.Never());
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskScanProvider>().Verify(c => c.Scan(It.IsAny<Series>(), subFolders[2]), Times.Once());
+            Mocker.GetMock<DiskScanProvider>().Verify(c => c.Scan(It.IsAny<Series>(), subFolders[3]), Times.Once());
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
index a729b4255..5d2b19ff0 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core
                         {
                             //Check if episode is in the future (most likley a parse error)
                             if (result.AirDate > DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).Date)
-                               break;
+                                break;
 
                             result.Language = ParseLanguage(title);
                             result.Quality = ParseQuality(title);
@@ -185,12 +185,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core
             return parsedEpisode;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Parses a post title to find the series that relates to it
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name = "title">Title of the report</param>
-        /// <returns>Normalized Series Name</returns>
-        internal static string ParseSeriesName(string title)
+        public static string ParseSeriesName(string title)
         {
             Logger.Trace("Parsing string '{0}'", title);
 
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core
                 }
             }
 
-            return String.Empty;
+            return NormalizeTitle(title);
         }
 
         internal static Quality ParseQuality(string name)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/PostDownloadProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/PostDownloadProvider.cs
index 62647333e..be1a7bf2a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/PostDownloadProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/PostDownloadProvider.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    ProcessDownload(new DirectoryInfo(subfolder));
+                    if (!_seriesProvider.SeriesPathExists(subfolder))
+                    {
+                        ProcessDownload(new DirectoryInfo(subfolder));
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
index 82e2e4ead..5c2242b14 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/SeriesProvider.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using NLog;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Repository.Quality;
@@ -176,12 +177,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
             }
         }
 
-        public virtual bool SeriesPathExists(string cleanPath)
+        public virtual bool SeriesPathExists(string path)
         {
-            if (GetAllSeries().Any(s => s.Path.ToLower() == cleanPath.ToLower()))
-                return true;
+            var normilizedPath = path.NormalizePath();
 
-            return false;
+            return GetAllSeries().Any(s => s.Path.NormalizePath() == normilizedPath);
         }
 
         public virtual List<Series> SearchForSeries(string title)