diff --git a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
index 26c35a8f..e846c16a 100644
--- a/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
+++ b/autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
         process_method =
         # force processing of already processed content when running a manual scan.
         force = 0
+        # tell SickRage to delete all source files after processing.
+        delete_on = 0
         extract = 1
         nzbExtractionBy = Downloader
         # Set this to minimum required size to consider a media file valid (in MB)
diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 7024e7a4..a38eb313 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ FORK_SICKRAGE = "sickrage"
 FORKS[FORK_DEFAULT] = {"dir": None}
 FORKS[FORK_FAILED] = {"dirName": None, "failed": None}
 FORKS[FORK_FAILED_TORRENT] = {"dir": None, "failed": None, "process_method": None}
-FORKS[FORK_SICKRAGE] = {"dir": None, "failed": None, "process_method": None, "force": None}
-ALL_FORKS = {"dir": None, "dirName": None, "failed": None, "process_method": None, "force": None}
+FORKS[FORK_SICKRAGE] = {"dir": None, "failed": None, "process_method": None, "force": None, "delete_on": None}
+ALL_FORKS = {"dir": None, "dirName": None, "failed": None, "process_method": None, "force": None, "delete_on": None}
 SICKBEARD_FAILED = [FORK_FAILED, FORK_FAILED_TORRENT, FORK_SICKRAGE]
 SICKBEARD_TORRENT = [FORK_FAILED_TORRENT, FORK_SICKRAGE]
 
diff --git a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
index b202177e..da4e6972 100644
--- a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
+++ b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class autoProcessTV:
             force = int(core.CFG[section][inputCategory]["force"])
         except:
             force = 0
+        try:
+            delete_on = int(core.CFG[section][inputCategory]["delete_on"])
+        except:
+            delete_on = 0
         try:
             extract = int(section[inputCategory]["extract"])
         except:
@@ -211,6 +215,12 @@ class autoProcessTV:
                 else:
                     del fork_params[param]
 
+            if param == "delete_on":
+                if delete_on:
+                    fork_params[param] = delete_on
+                else:
+                    del fork_params[param]
+
         # delete any unused params so we don't pass them to SB by mistake
         [fork_params.pop(k) for k,v in fork_params.items() if v is None]