diff --git a/services/soulseek.nix b/services/soulseek.nix
index 5f93360..3158f29 100644
--- a/services/soulseek.nix
+++ b/services/soulseek.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 
       shares = {
         directories = [ service_configs.music_dir ];
+        # rescan daily so files retagged/re-encoded on disk don't drift out
+        # of sync with the shared index (avoids sending stale sizes to peers)
+        cache.retention = 1440;
       };
 
       global = {