diff --git a/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue b/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
index 9d93301f..36891e79 100644
--- a/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
+++ b/client/components/cards/LazyBookCard.vue
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export default {
       return this.userProgress ? !!this.userProgress.isFinished : false
     },
     showError() {
+      if (this.recentEpisode) return false // Dont show podcast error on episode card
       return this.numMissingParts || this.isMissing || this.isInvalid
     },
     isStreaming() {
diff --git a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
index 73e6d366..e5878038 100644
--- a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ class PodcastManager {
     var podcastEpisode = this.currentDownload.podcastEpisode
     podcastEpisode.audioFile = audioFile
     libraryItem.media.addPodcastEpisode(podcastEpisode)
+    if (libraryItem.isInvalid) {
+      // First episode added to an empty podcast
+      libraryItem.isInvalid = false
+    }
     libraryItem.libraryFiles.push(libraryFile)
     libraryItem.updatedAt = Date.now()
     await this.db.updateLibraryItem(libraryItem)