diff --git a/allstarr/Controllers/JellyfinController.cs b/allstarr/Controllers/JellyfinController.cs
index 840bf11..1b0f7ce 100644
--- a/allstarr/Controllers/JellyfinController.cs
+++ b/allstarr/Controllers/JellyfinController.cs
@@ -811,6 +811,16 @@ public class JellyfinController : ControllerBase
 
         if (localPath != null && System.IO.File.Exists(localPath))
         {
+            // Update last access time for cache cleanup
+            try
+            {
+                System.IO.File.SetLastAccessTimeUtc(localPath, DateTime.UtcNow);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to update last access time for {Path}", localPath);
+            }
+            
             var stream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(localPath);
             return File(stream, GetContentType(localPath), enableRangeProcessing: true);
         }
diff --git a/allstarr/Controllers/SubSonicController.cs b/allstarr/Controllers/SubSonicController.cs
index 97183d4..19cf510 100644
--- a/allstarr/Controllers/SubSonicController.cs
+++ b/allstarr/Controllers/SubSonicController.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class SubsonicController : ControllerBase
     {
         return await _requestParser.ExtractAllParametersAsync(Request);
     }
-
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Merges local and external search results.
     /// </summary>
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ public class SubsonicController : ControllerBase
 
         if (localPath != null && System.IO.File.Exists(localPath))
         {
+            // Update last access time for cache cleanup
+            try
+            {
+                System.IO.File.SetLastAccessTimeUtc(localPath, DateTime.UtcNow);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to update last access time for {Path}", localPath);
+            }
+            
             var stream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(localPath);
             return File(stream, GetContentType(localPath), enableRangeProcessing: true);
         }