diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index b3c265d..c0c9f4e 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function getArgs() {
             describe: 'Only include posts before the oldest or the latest entry in the index',
             options: ['oldest', 'latest'],
         })
+        .option('redownload', {
+            describe: 'Ignore index file and force a redownload of everything in the selection. Does not affect [before|after]-indexed',
+            type: 'boolean',
+        })
         .option('archives', {
             describe: 'Search archives for deleted posts',
             type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/curate/posts.js b/src/curate/posts.js
index dc9f3c3..22b4d74 100644
--- a/src/curate/posts.js
+++ b/src/curate/posts.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function curatePost(acc, post, user, index, indexed, processed, args) {
     };
 
     if (indexed.entries.length) {
-        if (indexed.entries.find(entry => entry.id === post.id)) {
+        if (!args.redownload && indexed.entries.find(entry => entry.id === post.id)) {
             return { ...acc, indexedUpdated: [...acc.indexedUpdated, curatedPost] };
         }