diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
index d2265b9..75a5b30 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ export const useMetadata = ({ id, type, addonId }: UseMetadataProps): UseMetadat
             seasonNum,
             episodeNum,
             tmdbApiKey: effectiveApiKey,
+            title: (metadata as any)?.name || undefined,
+            year: metadata?.year || undefined,
         });
 
         const processTime = Date.now() - sourceStartTime;
diff --git a/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx b/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
index f7b9b19..1130c49 100644
--- a/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/SettingsScreen.tsx
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ const SettingsScreen: React.FC = () => {
                     icon="extension"
                     onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Plugins')}
                     renderControl={ChevronRight}
-                    isLast={true}
-                />
+                isLast={true}
+              />
             </SettingsCard>
 
             {/* Playback & Experience */}
diff --git a/src/services/PluginManager.ts b/src/services/PluginManager.ts
index 27adeb9..3b38c80 100644
--- a/src/services/PluginManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/PluginManager.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ interface GetStreamsOptions {
   seasonNum?: number;
   episodeNum?: number;
   tmdbApiKey: string;
+  // Optional metadata to avoid extra API calls
+  title?: string;
+  year?: string | number;
   // Injected properties
   logger: typeof logger;
   cache: Cache;
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ class PluginManager {
         if (persist) {
             await this.persistPluginUrl(url);
         }
-        return true;
+      return true;
       }
       
       logger.error(`[PluginManager] Plugin from ${url} executed but failed to register.`);
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ class PluginManager {
       };
 
       // Require and execute the built-in MoviesMod plugin module (IIFE)
-      //require('./plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js');
+      require('./plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js');
 
       delete (global as any).registerPlugin;
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/services/plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js b/src/services/plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js
index 52b02a4..78e7281 100644
--- a/src/services/plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js
+++ b/src/services/plugins/moviesmod.plugin.js
@@ -578,8 +578,9 @@
     // --- Main Plugin Entrypoint ---
 
     async function mainGetStreams(options) {
-        const { tmdbId, mediaType, seasonNum, episodeNum, tmdbApiKey, ...injected } = options;
-        injected.logger.log(`[MoviesMod] Fetching streams for TMDB ${mediaType}/${tmdbId}${seasonNum ? `, S${seasonNum}E${episodeNum}`: ''}`);
+        // Accept optional title/year passed from the host so we can skip TMDB calls when metadata is already available.
+        const { tmdbId, mediaType, seasonNum, episodeNum, tmdbApiKey, title: providedTitle, year: providedYear, ...injected } = options;
+        injected.logger.log(`[MoviesMod] Fetching streams for TMDB ${mediaType}/${tmdbId}${seasonNum ? ", S"+seasonNum+"E"+episodeNum: ''}`);
 
         try {
             const cacheKey = `moviesmod_v7_${tmdbId}_${mediaType}${seasonNum ? `_s${seasonNum}` : ''}`;
@@ -587,13 +588,20 @@
 
             if (!resolvedQualities) {
                 injected.logger.log(`[MoviesMod Cache] MISS for key: ${cacheKey}.`);
-                const tmdbUrl = `https://api.themoviedb.org/3/${mediaType === 'tv' ? 'tv' : 'movie'}/${tmdbId}?api_key=${tmdbApiKey}&language=en-US`;
-                const tmdbResponse = await injected.fetch(tmdbUrl);
-                const tmdbDetails = await tmdbResponse.json();
-                
-                const title = mediaType === 'tv' ? tmdbDetails.name : tmdbDetails.title;
-                const year = mediaType === 'tv' ? tmdbDetails.first_air_date?.substring(0, 4) : tmdbDetails.release_date?.substring(0, 4);
-                if (!title) throw new Error('Could not get title from TMDB');
+                // Prefer provided metadata to avoid extra API calls.
+                let title = providedTitle;
+                let year = providedYear ? String(providedYear) : undefined;
+
+                if (!title) {
+                    // Fallback to TMDB API if title is not provided.
+                    const tmdbUrl = `https://api.themoviedb.org/3/${mediaType === 'tv' ? 'tv' : 'movie'}/${tmdbId}?api_key=${tmdbApiKey}&language=en-US`;
+                    const tmdbResponse = await injected.fetch(tmdbUrl);
+                    const tmdbDetails = await tmdbResponse.json();
+                    title = mediaType === 'tv' ? tmdbDetails.name : tmdbDetails.title;
+                    year = mediaType === 'tv' ? tmdbDetails.first_air_date?.substring(0, 4) : tmdbDetails.release_date?.substring(0, 4);
+                }
+
+                if (!title) throw new Error('Could not get title from metadata or TMDB');
 
                 const searchResults = await searchMoviesMod(title, injected);
                 if (!searchResults.length) throw new Error(`No search results for "${title}"`);