diff --git a/backend/library_cleanup.py b/backend/library_cleanup.py
index 13fb122..1e1546e 100644
--- a/backend/library_cleanup.py
+++ b/backend/library_cleanup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List
 
+import asyncio
+
 
 def _file_path(storage_type: str, storage_path: str, videos_dir: Path) -> Path:
     if storage_type in ("radarr", "sonarr", "scan"):
@@ -14,44 +16,63 @@ def _file_path(storage_type: str, storage_path: str, videos_dir: Path) -> Path:
     return videos_dir / storage_path
 
 
+def _scan_filesystem(movies: List[Dict], episodes: List[Dict], tracks: List[Dict],
+                      videos_dir: Path, hls_dir: Path, live_ids: set) -> Dict[str, List[Dict]]:
+    """Every filesystem stat call in the whole scan lives here, run off the event loop via
+    asyncio.to_thread — movie/episode/track paths are often on an NFS/CIFS-mounted NAS, and
+    doing hundreds of blocking stats directly in an async function would freeze the entire
+    server (every other request) for as long as the scan takes."""
+    out: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = {"missing_files": [], "orphaned_hls": []}
+
+    for m in movies:
+        if m.get("storage_type") not in ("local", "radarr", "scan") or not m.get("storage_path"):
+            continue
+        if not _file_path(m["storage_type"], m["storage_path"], videos_dir).is_file():
+            out["missing_files"].append({"id": m["id"], "content_type": "movie", "label": m.get("title", "Untitled"), "detail": m["storage_path"]})
+
+    for e in episodes:
+        if e.get("_orphaned"):
+            continue  # already reported as orphaned_episodes; don't also report a missing file
+        if e.get("storage_type") not in ("local", "sonarr", "scan") or not e.get("storage_path"):
+            continue
+        label = f"S{e.get('season_number')}E{e.get('episode_number')} {e.get('title') or ''}".strip()
+        if not _file_path(e["storage_type"], e["storage_path"], videos_dir).is_file():
+            out["missing_files"].append({"id": e["id"], "content_type": "episode", "label": label, "detail": e["storage_path"]})
+
+    for t in tracks:
+        if not Path(t["storage_path"]).is_file():
+            out["missing_files"].append({"id": t["id"], "content_type": "track", "label": f"{t.get('artist','')} — {t.get('title','Untitled')}", "detail": t["storage_path"]})
+
+    if hls_dir.is_dir():
+        for d in hls_dir.iterdir():
+            if d.is_dir() and d.name not in live_ids:
+                size = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in d.rglob("*") if f.is_file())
+                out["orphaned_hls"].append({"id": d.name, "content_type": "hls_dir", "label": d.name, "detail": f"{round(size / 1_000_000)} MB reclaimable"})
+
+    return out
+
+
 async def scan(db, videos_dir: Path, hls_dir: Path) -> Dict[str, List[Dict]]:
     findings: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = {
         "missing_files": [], "orphaned_episodes": [], "orphaned_hls": [],
         "stuck_jobs": [], "duplicate_paths": [], "orphaned_subtitles": [], "dangling_refs": [],
     }
 
-    # --- Missing files ---
     movies = await db.movies.find({}, {"_id": 0, "id": 1, "title": 1, "storage_type": 1, "storage_path": 1}).to_list(10000)
-    for m in movies:
-        if m.get("storage_type") not in ("local", "radarr", "scan") or not m.get("storage_path"):
-            continue
-        if not _file_path(m["storage_type"], m["storage_path"], videos_dir).is_file():
-            findings["missing_files"].append({"id": m["id"], "content_type": "movie", "label": m.get("title", "Untitled"), "detail": m["storage_path"]})
-
     episodes = await db.episodes.find({}, {"_id": 0, "id": 1, "title": 1, "show_id": 1, "season_number": 1, "episode_number": 1, "storage_type": 1, "storage_path": 1}).to_list(20000)
+    tracks = await db.tracks.find({}, {"_id": 0, "id": 1, "title": 1, "artist": 1, "storage_path": 1}).to_list(20000)
     show_ids = set(await db.shows.distinct("id"))
+
     for e in episodes:
         label = f"S{e.get('season_number')}E{e.get('episode_number')} {e.get('title') or ''}".strip()
         if e.get("show_id") not in show_ids:
             findings["orphaned_episodes"].append({"id": e["id"], "content_type": "episode", "label": label, "detail": f"show_id {e.get('show_id')} not found"})
-            continue
-        if e.get("storage_type") not in ("local", "sonarr", "scan") or not e.get("storage_path"):
-            continue
-        if not _file_path(e["storage_type"], e["storage_path"], videos_dir).is_file():
-            findings["missing_files"].append({"id": e["id"], "content_type": "episode", "label": label, "detail": e["storage_path"]})
+            e["_orphaned"] = True
 
-    tracks = await db.tracks.find({}, {"_id": 0, "id": 1, "title": 1, "artist": 1, "storage_path": 1}).to_list(20000)
-    for t in tracks:
-        if not Path(t["storage_path"]).is_file():
-            findings["missing_files"].append({"id": t["id"], "content_type": "track", "label": f"{t.get('artist','')} — {t.get('title','Untitled')}", "detail": t["storage_path"]})
-
-    # --- Orphaned HLS output dirs (no matching movie or episode id) ---
     live_ids = {m["id"] for m in movies} | {e["id"] for e in episodes}
-    if hls_dir.is_dir():
-        for d in hls_dir.iterdir():
-            if d.is_dir() and d.name not in live_ids:
-                size = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in d.rglob("*") if f.is_file())
-                findings["orphaned_hls"].append({"id": d.name, "content_type": "hls_dir", "label": d.name, "detail": f"{round(size / 1_000_000)} MB reclaimable"})
+    fs_findings = await asyncio.to_thread(_scan_filesystem, movies, episodes, tracks, videos_dir, hls_dir, live_ids)
+    findings["missing_files"] = fs_findings["missing_files"]
+    findings["orphaned_hls"] = fs_findings["orphaned_hls"]
 
     # --- Stuck transcode jobs (running with no progress for 2+ hours — likely dead from a restart) ---
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)