diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/ProcessForm.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/ProcessForm.java
index cac8a412b5c..5cafe410199 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/ProcessForm.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/ProcessForm.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.kitodo.data.database.enums.TaskStatus;
 import org.kitodo.data.database.exceptions.DAOException;
 import org.kitodo.data.exceptions.DataException;
+import org.kitodo.exceptions.InvalidImagesException;
 import org.kitodo.production.controller.SecurityAccessController;
 import org.kitodo.production.dto.ProcessDTO;
 import org.kitodo.production.dto.TaskDTO;
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ private void executeKitodoScriptForProcesses(List<Process> processes, String kit
         KitodoScriptService service = new KitodoScriptService();
         try {
             service.execute(processes, kitodoScript);
-        } catch (DataException e) {
+        } catch (DataException | IOException | InvalidImagesException e) {
             Helper.setErrorMessage(e.getLocalizedMessage(), logger, e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/command/KitodoScriptService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/command/KitodoScriptService.java
index 31cca87bf81..a938d9e731c 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/command/KitodoScriptService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/command/KitodoScriptService.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.text.StrTokenizer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.kitodo.api.dataformat.Workpiece;
 import org.kitodo.data.database.beans.Folder;
 import org.kitodo.data.database.beans.Process;
 import org.kitodo.data.database.beans.Role;
@@ -36,15 +36,16 @@
 import org.kitodo.data.database.enums.TaskStatus;
 import org.kitodo.data.exceptions.DataException;
 import org.kitodo.exceptions.CommandException;
+import org.kitodo.exceptions.InvalidImagesException;
 import org.kitodo.export.ExportDms;
 import org.kitodo.production.enums.GenerationMode;
 import org.kitodo.production.helper.Helper;
 import org.kitodo.production.helper.metadata.legacytypeimplementations.LegacyMetsModsDigitalDocumentHelper;
 import org.kitodo.production.helper.tasks.TaskManager;
-import org.kitodo.production.metadata.copier.CopierData;
-import org.kitodo.production.metadata.copier.DataCopier;
 import org.kitodo.production.model.Subfolder;
 import org.kitodo.production.services.ServiceManager;
+import org.kitodo.production.services.data.ProcessService;
+import org.kitodo.production.services.dataformat.MetsService;
 import org.kitodo.production.services.file.FileService;
 import org.kitodo.production.services.image.ImageGenerator;
 import org.kitodo.production.thread.TaskImageGeneratorThread;
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ public class KitodoScriptService {
      * @param script
      *            from frontend passed as String
      */
-    public void execute(List<Process> processes, String script) throws DataException {
+    public void execute(List<Process> processes, String script)
+            throws DataException, IOException, InvalidImagesException {
         this.parameters = new HashMap<>();
         // decompose and capture all script parameters
         StrTokenizer tokenizer = new StrTokenizer(script, ' ', '\"');
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ public void execute(List<Process> processes, String script) throws DataException
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean executeScript(List<Process> processes, String script) throws DataException {
+    private boolean executeScript(List<Process> processes, String script)
+            throws DataException, IOException, InvalidImagesException {
         // call the correct method via the parameter
         switch (this.parameters.get("action")) {
             case "importFromFileSystem":
@@ -133,6 +136,16 @@ private boolean executeScript(List<Process> processes, String script) throws Dat
             case "doit2":
                 exportDms(processes, String.valueOf(Boolean.FALSE));
                 break;
+            default:
+                return executeOtherScript(processes, script);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private boolean executeOtherScript(List<Process> processes, String script)
+            throws DataException, IOException, InvalidImagesException {
+        // call the correct method via the parameter
+        switch (this.parameters.get("action")) {
             case "runscript":
                 String taskName = this.parameters.get("stepname");
                 String scriptName = this.parameters.get(SCRIPT);
@@ -163,6 +176,16 @@ private boolean executeScript(List<Process> processes, String script) throws Dat
             case "copyDataToChildren":
                 copyDataToChildren(processes, script);
                 break;
+            default:
+                return executeRemainingScript(processes, script);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private boolean executeRemainingScript(List<Process> processes, String script)
+            throws DataException, IOException, InvalidImagesException {
+        // call the correct method via the parameter
+        switch (this.parameters.get("action")) {
             case "generateImages":
                 String folders = parameters.get("folders");
                 List<String> foldersList = Arrays.asList("all");
@@ -176,6 +199,9 @@ private boolean executeScript(List<Process> processes, String script) throws Dat
                 }
                 generateImages(processes, mode, foldersList);
                 break;
+            case "searchForMedia":
+                searchForMedia(processes);
+                break;
             default:
                 Helper.setErrorMessage("Unknown action",
                     " - use: 'action:addRole, action:setTaskProperty, action:setStepStatus, "
@@ -379,6 +405,19 @@ private void generateImages(List<Process> processes, GenerationMode generationMo
         }
     }
 
+    private void searchForMedia(List<Process> processes) throws IOException, InvalidImagesException {
+        FileService fileService = ServiceManager.getFileService();
+        MetsService metsService = ServiceManager.getMetsService();
+        ProcessService processService = ServiceManager.getProcessService();
+
+        for (Process process : processes) {
+            URI metadataFileUri = processService.getMetadataFileUri(process);
+            Workpiece workpiece = metsService.loadWorkpiece(metadataFileUri);
+            fileService.searchForMedia(process, workpiece);
+            metsService.saveWorkpiece(workpiece, metadataFileUri);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void runScript(List<Process> processes, String taskName, String scriptName) throws DataException {
         for (Process process : processes) {
             for (Task task : process.getTasks()) {
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processes/executeScriptSelectedPopup.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processes/executeScriptSelectedPopup.xhtml
index da34b7d704d..29766789e67 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processes/executeScriptSelectedPopup.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processes/executeScriptSelectedPopup.xhtml
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
                                 <p:commandButton value="generateImages"
                                                  update="executeScriptSelectedForm:selectionScriptFieldTextArea"
                                                  onclick="document.getElementById('executeScriptSelectedForm:selectionScriptFieldTextArea').value='action:generateImages folders:all|jpgs/max,jpgs/thumbs,... images:missingOrDamaged|missing|all'"/>
+                                <p:commandButton value="searchForMedia"
+                                                 update="executeScriptSelectedForm:selectionScriptFieldTextArea"
+                                                 onclick="document.getElementById('executeScriptSelectedForm:selectionScriptFieldTextArea').value='action:searchForMedia'"/>
                             </div>
 
                             <div>