diff --git a/client/components/modals/libraries/LibrarySettings.vue b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibrarySettings.vue
index 53eb2650..c62f769b 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/libraries/LibrarySettings.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/libraries/LibrarySettings.vue
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
         </ui-tooltip>
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div v-if="isPodcastLibrary" class="py-3">
+      <ui-dropdown :label="$strings.LabelPodcastSearchRegion" v-model="podcastSearchRegion" :items="$podcastSearchRegionOptions" small class="max-w-52" @input="formUpdated" />
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@ export default {
       skipMatchingMediaWithAsin: false,
       skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn: false,
       audiobooksOnly: false,
-      hideSingleBookSeries: false
+      hideSingleBookSeries: false,
+      podcastSearchRegion: 'us'
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@ export default {
     isBookLibrary() {
       return this.mediaType === 'book'
     },
+    isPodcastLibrary() {
+      return this.mediaType === 'podcast'
+    },
     providers() {
       if (this.mediaType === 'podcast') return this.$store.state.scanners.podcastProviders
       return this.$store.state.scanners.providers
@@ -99,7 +106,8 @@ export default {
           skipMatchingMediaWithAsin: !!this.skipMatchingMediaWithAsin,
           skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn: !!this.skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn,
           audiobooksOnly: !!this.audiobooksOnly,
-          hideSingleBookSeries: !!this.hideSingleBookSeries
+          hideSingleBookSeries: !!this.hideSingleBookSeries,
+          podcastSearchRegion: this.podcastSearchRegion
         }
       }
     },
@@ -112,7 +120,8 @@ export default {
       this.skipMatchingMediaWithAsin = !!this.librarySettings.skipMatchingMediaWithAsin
       this.skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn = !!this.librarySettings.skipMatchingMediaWithIsbn
       this.audiobooksOnly = !!this.librarySettings.audiobooksOnly
-      this.hideSingleBookSeries = !!this.librarySettings.hideSingleBookSeries
+      this.hideSingleBookSeries = !!this.librarySettings.hideSingleBookSeries,
+      this.podcastSearchRegion = this.librarySettings.podcastSearchRegion
     }
   },
   mounted() {
diff --git a/client/pages/config/index.vue b/client/pages/config/index.vue
index ccdbe2e4..12ce7b1e 100644
--- a/client/pages/config/index.vue
+++ b/client/pages/config/index.vue
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@
             <ui-dropdown :label="$strings.LabelLanguageDefaultServer" ref="langDropdown" v-model="newServerSettings.language" :items="$languageCodeOptions" small class="max-w-52" @input="updateServerLanguage" />
           </div>
 
-          <div class="py-2">
-            <ui-dropdown :label="$strings.LabelPodcastSearchRegion" v-model="newServerSettings.podcastSearchRegion" :items="$podcastSearchRegionOptions" small class="max-w-52" @input="(val) => updateSettingsKey('podcastSearchRegion', val)" />
-          </div>
-
           <!-- old experimental features -->
           <!-- <div class="pt-4">
             <h2 class="font-semibold">{{ $strings.HeaderSettingsExperimental }}</h2>
diff --git a/client/pages/library/_library/podcast/search.vue b/client/pages/library/_library/podcast/search.vue
index 3be851ce..e786562c 100644
--- a/client/pages/library/_library/podcast/search.vue
+++ b/client/pages/library/_library/podcast/search.vue
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ export default {
     },
     streamLibraryItem() {
       return this.$store.state.streamLibraryItem
+    },
+    librarySetting() {
+      return this.$store.getters['libraries/getCurrentLibrarySettings']
     }
   },
   methods: {
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ export default {
     async submitSearch(term) {
       this.processing = true
       this.termSearched = ''
-      let results = await this.$axios.$get(`/api/search/podcast?term=${encodeURIComponent(term)}`).catch((error) => {
+      let results = await this.$axios.$get(`/api/search/podcast?term=${encodeURIComponent(term)}&country=${encodeURIComponent(this.librarySetting?.podcastSearchRegion)}`).catch((error) => {
         console.error('Search request failed', error)
         return []
       })
diff --git a/server/controllers/SearchController.js b/server/controllers/SearchController.js
index 34d65e3c..1acbe926 100644
--- a/server/controllers/SearchController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/SearchController.js
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ class SearchController {
    */
   async findPodcasts(req, res) {
     const term = req.query.term
+    const country = req.query.country
     if (!term) {
       Logger.error('[SearchController] Invalid request query param "term" is required')
       return res.status(400).send('Invalid request query param "term" is required')
     }
 
-    const results = await PodcastFinder.search(term)
+    const results = await PodcastFinder.search(term, {
+      country: country
+    })
     res.json(results)
   }
 
diff --git a/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js b/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
index 10ee19e0..b070ff79 100644
--- a/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
+++ b/server/objects/settings/LibrarySettings.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class LibrarySettings {
     this.audiobooksOnly = false
     this.hideSingleBookSeries = false // Do not show series that only have 1 book 
     this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
+    this.podcastSearchRegion = 'us'
 
     if (settings) {
       this.construct(settings)
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class LibrarySettings {
       // Added in v2.4.5
       this.metadataPrecedence = ['folderStructure', 'audioMetatags', 'nfoFile', 'txtFiles', 'opfFile', 'absMetadata']
     }
+    this.podcastSearchRegion = settings.podcastSearchRegion || 'us'
   }
 
   toJSON() {
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ class LibrarySettings {
       autoScanCronExpression: this.autoScanCronExpression,
       audiobooksOnly: this.audiobooksOnly,
       hideSingleBookSeries: this.hideSingleBookSeries,
-      metadataPrecedence: [...this.metadataPrecedence]
+      metadataPrecedence: [...this.metadataPrecedence],
+      podcastSearchRegion: this.podcastSearchRegion
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/server/objects/settings/ServerSettings.js b/server/objects/settings/ServerSettings.js
index 2a788dff..6e9d8456 100644
--- a/server/objects/settings/ServerSettings.js
+++ b/server/objects/settings/ServerSettings.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class ServerSettings {
     this.dateFormat = 'MM/dd/yyyy'
     this.timeFormat = 'HH:mm'
     this.language = 'en-us'
-    this.podcastSearchRegion = 'us'
 
     this.logLevel = Logger.logLevel
 
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ class ServerSettings {
     this.dateFormat = settings.dateFormat || 'MM/dd/yyyy'
     this.timeFormat = settings.timeFormat || 'HH:mm'
     this.language = settings.language || 'en-us'
-    this.podcastSearchRegion = settings.podcastSearchRegion || 'us'
     this.logLevel = settings.logLevel || Logger.logLevel
     this.version = settings.version || null
     this.buildNumber = settings.buildNumber || 0 // Added v2.4.5
@@ -200,7 +198,6 @@ class ServerSettings {
       dateFormat: this.dateFormat,
       timeFormat: this.timeFormat,
       language: this.language,
-      podcastSearchRegion: this.podcastSearchRegion,
       logLevel: this.logLevel,
       version: this.version,
       buildNumber: this.buildNumber,
diff --git a/server/providers/iTunes.js b/server/providers/iTunes.js
index a857a201..39f36ab2 100644
--- a/server/providers/iTunes.js
+++ b/server/providers/iTunes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const axios = require('axios')
 const Logger = require('../Logger')
 const htmlSanitizer = require('../utils/htmlSanitizer')
-const Database = require('../Database')
 
 class iTunes {
   constructor() { }
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class iTunes {
       entity: options.entity,
       lang: options.lang,
       limit: options.limit,
-      country: options.country ? options.country : Database.serverSettings.podcastSearchRegion
+      country: options.country
     }
     return axios.get('https://itunes.apple.com/search', { params: query }).then((response) => {
       return response.data.results || []