diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/application/tasks/TaskHandler.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/application/tasks/TaskHandler.kt
index fb2c472b..cbc3c71f 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/application/tasks/TaskHandler.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/application/tasks/TaskHandler.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.gotson.komga.application.tasks
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry
 import mu.KotlinLogging
+import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.BookAction
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.persistence.BookRepository
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.persistence.LibraryRepository
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.persistence.SeriesRepository
@@ -149,7 +150,9 @@ class TaskHandler(
 
           is Task.RemoveHashedPages ->
             bookRepository.findByIdOrNull(task.bookId)?.let { book ->
-              bookPageEditor.removeHashedPages(book, task.pages)
+              if (bookPageEditor.removeHashedPages(book, task.pages) == BookAction.GENERATE_THUMBNAIL) {
+                taskEmitter.generateBookThumbnail(book, priority = task.priority + 1)
+              }
             } ?: logger.warn { "Cannot execute task $task: Book does not exist" }
 
           is Task.HashBook ->
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/model/BookAction.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/model/BookAction.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cbc40ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/model/BookAction.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.gotson.komga.domain.model
+
+enum class BookAction {
+  REFRESH_METADATA,
+  GENERATE_THUMBNAIL,
+}
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookPageEditor.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookPageEditor.kt
index fb68c31d..254c0f8e 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookPageEditor.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookPageEditor.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils
 import org.gotson.komga.application.events.EventPublisher
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.Book
+import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.BookAction
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.BookConversionException
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.BookPageNumbered
 import org.gotson.komga.domain.model.BookWithMedia
@@ -52,14 +53,18 @@ class BookPageEditor(
 
   private val failedPageRemoval = mutableListOf<String>()
 
-  fun removeHashedPages(book: Book, pagesToDelete: Collection<BookPageNumbered>) {
+  fun removeHashedPages(book: Book, pagesToDelete: Collection<BookPageNumbered>): BookAction? {
     // perform various checks
-    if (failedPageRemoval.contains(book.id))
-      return logger.info { "Book page removal already failed before, skipping" }
+    if (failedPageRemoval.contains(book.id)) {
+      logger.info { "Book page removal already failed before, skipping" }
+      return null
+    }
 
     fileSystemScanner.scanFile(book.path)?.let { scannedBook ->
-      if (scannedBook.fileLastModified.notEquals(book.fileLastModified))
-        return logger.info { "Book has changed on disk, skipping. Db: ${book.fileLastModified}. Scanned: ${scannedBook.fileLastModified}" }
+      if (scannedBook.fileLastModified.notEquals(book.fileLastModified)) {
+        logger.info { "Book has changed on disk, skipping. Db: ${book.fileLastModified}. Scanned: ${scannedBook.fileLastModified}" }
+        return null
+      }
     } ?: throw FileNotFoundException("File not found: ${book.path}")
 
     val media = mediaRepository.findById(book.id)
@@ -79,8 +84,10 @@ class BookPageEditor(
           candidate.pageNumber == index + 1
       } == null
     }
-    if (media.pages.size != (pagesToKeep.size + pagesToDelete.size))
-      return logger.info { "Should be removing ${pagesToDelete.size} pages from book, but count doesn't add up, skipping" }
+    if (media.pages.size != (pagesToKeep.size + pagesToDelete.size)) {
+      logger.info { "Should be removing ${pagesToDelete.size} pages from book, but count doesn't add up, skipping" }
+      return null
+    }
 
     logger.info { "Start removal of ${pagesToDelete.size} pages for book: $book" }
     logger.debug { "Pages: ${media.pages}" }
@@ -156,5 +163,7 @@ class BookPageEditor(
 
     pagesToDelete.forEach { historicalEventRepository.insert(HistoricalEvent.DuplicatePageDeleted(book, it)) }
     eventPublisher.publishEvent(DomainEvent.BookUpdated(newBook))
+
+    return if (pagesToDelete.any { it.pageNumber == 1 }) BookAction.GENERATE_THUMBNAIL else null
   }
 }