diff --git a/components/actors/merge.vue b/components/actors/merge.vue
index 28763d7..6a17ec7 100644
--- a/components/actors/merge.vue
+++ b/components/actors/merge.vue
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@
 		@close="emit('close')"
 	>
 		<div class="dialog-body">
+			<strong class="source">#{{ actor.id }} {{ actor.name }}<span v-if="actor.entity"> ({{ actor.entity.name }})</span></strong>
+
+			<span class="path">merging into</span>
+
 			<div
 				v-if="targetActor"
 				class="target"
 			>
-				<span class="target-name">
+				<strong class="target-name">
 					<span class="target-id">#{{ targetActor.id }}</span>
 					{{ targetActor.name }}
-				</span>
+				</strong>
 
 				<Icon
 					icon="cross2"
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@
 						ref="actorInput"
 						v-model="actorQuery"
 						class="input"
+						placeholder="Search target actor"
 						@input="searchActors"
 					>
 
@@ -89,13 +94,20 @@ async function searchActors() {
 	const res = await get('/actors', {
 		q: `${actorQuery.value}*`, // return partial matches
 		limit: 10,
+		global: true,
 	});
 
 	actorResults.value = res.actors;
 }
 
 async function merge() {
-	console.log('MERGE', props.actor.id, targetActor.value.id);
+	await post(`/actors/${targetActor.value.id}/merge/${props.actor.id}`, null, {
+		successFeedback: `Merged ${props.actor.entity ? `${props.actor.name} (${props.actor.entity.name})` : props.actor.name} into ${targetActor.value.name}`,
+		errorFeedback: `Failed to merge ${props.actor.entity ? `${props.actor.name} (${props.actor.entity.name})` : props.actor.name} into ${targetActor.value.name}`,
+		appendErrorMessage: true,
+	});
+
+	emit('close');
 }
 
 function selectActor(actor) {
@@ -111,19 +123,27 @@ onMounted(() => {
 
 <style scoped>
 .dialog-body {
-	width: 15rem;
+	width: 20rem;
 	max-width: 100%;
+	box-sizing: border-box;
 	padding: 1rem;
+	gap: 1rem;
 }
 
 .dialog-actions {
-	margin-top: 1rem;
-
 	.button {
 		width: 100%;
 	}
 }
 
+.input {
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
+.path {
+	color: var(--glass-strong-20);
+}
+
 .target {
 	display: flex;
 	justify-content: space-between;
diff --git a/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue b/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
index 1ddf669..c674866 100644
--- a/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
+++ b/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 	.filter((field) => (actor.value ? true : ['name', 'gender'].includes(field.key)))
 	.map((field) => ({
 		...field,
-		forced: true,
+		forced: actor.value ? field.forced : true,
 	})));
 
 const editing = ref(new Set(actor.value ? [] : ['name', 'gender']));
diff --git a/src/actors.js b/src/actors.js
index 2996352..bc8e0c5 100644
--- a/src/actors.js
+++ b/src/actors.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import slugify from '../utils/slugify.js';
 import { curateRevision } from './revisions.js';
 import { interpolateProfiles, platformsByHostname } from '../common/actors.mjs'; // eslint-disable-line import/namespace
 import { resolvePlace } from '../common/geo.mjs'; // eslint-disable-line import/namespace
+import { syncScenes, syncActors } from './sync.js';
+import verifyAbility from '../utils/verify-ability.js';
 
 const logger = initLogger();
 const mj = new MerkleJson();
@@ -373,6 +375,10 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 					}
 				}
 
+				if (filters.isGlobal) {
+					builder.where('entity_id', 0);
+				}
+
 				// attribute filters
 				['country'].forEach((attribute) => {
 					if (filters[attribute]) {
@@ -540,9 +546,84 @@ export async function createActor(newActor, context, reqUser) {
 	const curatedActorEntry = curateActorEntry(newActor, context);
 	const [actorEntry] = await knex('actors').insert(curatedActorEntry).returning('*');
 
+	await syncActors([actorEntry.id]);
+
 	return curateActor(actorEntry);
 }
 
+export async function mergeActors(targetActorId, sourceActorId, reqUser) {
+	if (!verifyAbility(reqUser, 'actor', 'merge')) {
+		throw new HttpError('You are not permitted to merge actors', 403);
+	}
+
+	const [targetActor, sourceActor] = await Promise.all([
+		knex('actors')
+			.where('id', targetActorId)
+			.first(),
+		knex('actors')
+			.where('id', sourceActorId)
+			.first(),
+	]);
+
+	if (!targetActor) {
+		throw new HttpError('Target actor not found', 404);
+	}
+
+	if (!sourceActor) {
+		throw new HttpError('Source actor not found', 404);
+	}
+
+	if (targetActor.entity_id) {
+		throw new HttpError('Target actor is not global', 400);
+	}
+
+	if (targetActor.alias_for) {
+		throw new HttpError('Target actor is aliased', 400);
+	}
+
+	const trx = await knex.transaction();
+
+	await trx('actors')
+		.update('alias_for', targetActorId)
+		.where('id', sourceActorId);
+
+	const mergedProfiles = await trx('actors_profiles')
+		.update('actor_id', targetActorId)
+		.where('actor_id', sourceActorId)
+		.returning('id');
+
+	const mergedScenes = await trx('releases_actors')
+		.update({
+			actor_id: targetActorId,
+			alias_id: sourceActorId,
+		})
+		.where('actor_id', sourceActorId)
+		.returning('release_id');
+
+	try {
+		await trx.commit();
+	} catch (error) {
+		await trx.rollback();
+
+		throw error;
+	}
+
+	await interpolateProfiles([targetActorId, sourceActorId], {
+		knex,
+		logger,
+		moment,
+		slugify,
+		omit,
+	}, { refreshView: false });
+
+	await syncScenes(mergedScenes.map((scene) => scene.release_id));
+
+	return {
+		scenes: mergedScenes.length,
+		profiles: mergedProfiles.length,
+	};
+}
+
 export async function fetchActorRevisions(revisionId, filters = {}, reqUser) {
 	const limit = filters.limit || 50;
 	const page = filters.page || 1;
@@ -747,6 +828,8 @@ async function applyActorRevision(revisionIds, reqUser) {
 		slugify,
 		omit,
 	}, { refreshView: false });
+
+	await syncActors(actorIds);
 }
 
 export async function reviewActorRevision(revisionId, isApproved, { feedback }, reqUser) {
diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index 779a89f..c48bc6d 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import initLogger from './logger.js';
 import { curateRevision } from './revisions.js';
 import { getAffiliateSceneUrl } from './affiliates.js';
 import { censor } from './censor.js';
+import { syncScenes } from './sync.js';
 
 const logger = initLogger();
 const mj = new MerkleJson();
@@ -888,6 +889,10 @@ async function applySceneRevision(revisionIds, reqUser) {
 			throw error;
 		});
 	}, Promise.resolve());
+
+	const sceneIds = Array.from(new Set(revisions.map((revision) => revision.scene_id)));
+
+	await syncScenes(sceneIds);
 }
 
 export async function reviewSceneRevision(revisionId, isApproved, { feedback }, reqUser) {
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca5e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,440 @@
+import { format } from 'date-fns';
+
+import initLogger from './logger.js';
+import { knexOwner as knex } from './knex.js';
+import { searchApi, indexApi } from './manticore.js';
+import chunk from '../utils/chunk.js';
+import filterTitle from '../utils/filter-title.js';
+
+const logger = initLogger();
+
+export async function syncStashes(domain = 'scene', ids) {
+	const stashes = await knex(`stashes_${domain}s`)
+		.select(
+			`stashes_${domain}s.id as stashed_id`,
+			`stashes_${domain}s.${domain}_id`,
+			'stashes.id as stash_id',
+			'stashes.user_id as user_id',
+			`stashes_${domain}s.created_at as created_at`,
+		)
+		.modify((builder) => {
+			if (ids) {
+				builder.whereRaw(`stashes_${domain}s.${domain}_id = ANY(?)`, [ids]);
+			}
+		})
+		.leftJoin('stashes', 'stashes.id', `stashes_${domain}s.stash_id`);
+
+	await chunk(stashes, 1000).reduce(async (chain, stashChunk, index) => {
+		await chain;
+
+		const stashDocs = stashChunk.map((stash) => ({
+			replace: {
+				index: `${domain}s_stashed`,
+				id: stash.stashed_id,
+				doc: {
+					[`${domain}_id`]: stash[`${domain}_id`],
+					stash_id: stash.stash_id,
+					user_id: stash.user_id,
+					created_at: Math.round(stash.created_at.getTime() / 1000),
+				},
+			},
+		}));
+
+		await indexApi.bulk(stashDocs.map((doc) => JSON.stringify(doc)).join('\n'));
+
+		logger.verbose(`Seeded ${index * 1000 + stashChunk.length}/${stashes.length} ${domain} stashes`);
+	}, Promise.resolve());
+
+	// purge orphaned docs
+	const itemIds = ids ?? [...new Set(stashes.map((s) => s[`${domain}_id`]))];
+
+	if (itemIds.length === 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const validStashedIds = new Set(stashes.map((stash) => stash.stashed_id));
+
+	await chunk(itemIds, 1000).reduce(async (chain, itemIdChunk) => {
+		await chain;
+
+		const searchResponse = await searchApi.search({
+			index: `${domain}s_stashed`,
+			query: {
+				in: {
+					[`${domain}_id`]: itemIdChunk,
+				},
+			},
+			limit: 1000,
+		});
+
+		const docs = searchResponse?.hits?.hits ?? [];
+
+		const orphanedIds = docs
+			.map((hit) => hit._id)
+			.filter((manticoreId) => !validStashedIds.has(manticoreId));
+
+		if (orphanedIds.length === 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const deleteDocs = orphanedIds.map((orphanId) => ({
+			delete: {
+				index: `${domain}s_stashed`,
+				id: orphanId,
+			},
+		}));
+
+		await indexApi.bulk(deleteDocs.map((doc) => JSON.stringify(doc)).join('\n'));
+
+		logger.verbose(`Purged ${orphanedIds.length} orphaned ${domain} stash documents`);
+	}, Promise.resolve());
+}
+
+export async function syncManticoreScenes(sceneIds) {
+	logger.info(`Updating Manticore search documents for ${sceneIds ? sceneIds.length : 'all' } scenes`);
+
+	const scenes = await knex.raw(`
+        SELECT
+            releases.id AS id,
+			releases.title,
+			releases.created_at,
+			releases.date,
+			releases.shoot_id,
+			scenes_meta.stashed,
+			entities.id as channel_id,
+			entities.slug as channel_slug,
+			entities.name as channel_name,
+			parents.id as network_id,
+			parents.slug as network_slug,
+			parents.name as network_name,
+			studios.id as studio_id,
+			studios.slug as studio_slug,
+			studios.name as studio_name,
+			grandparents.id as parent_network_id,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (actors.id, actors.name)) FILTER (WHERE actors.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as actors,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (tags.id, tags.name, tags.priority, tags_aliases.name)) FILTER (WHERE tags.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as tags,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (movies.id, movies.title)) FILTER (WHERE movies.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as movies,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (series.id, series.title)) FILTER (WHERE series.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as series,
+			studios.showcased IS NOT false
+			AND (entities.showcased IS NOT false OR COALESCE(studios.showcased, false) = true)
+			AND (parents.showcased IS NOT false OR COALESCE(entities.showcased, false) = true OR COALESCE(studios.showcased, false) = true)
+			AND (releases_summaries.batch_showcased IS NOT false)
+			AS showcased,
+			row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY releases.entry_id, parents.id ORDER BY releases.effective_date DESC) as dupe_index
+        FROM releases
+		LEFT JOIN releases_summaries ON releases_summaries.release_id = releases.id
+		LEFT JOIN scenes_meta ON scenes_meta.scene_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN entities ON releases.entity_id = entities.id
+        LEFT JOIN entities AS parents ON parents.id = entities.parent_id
+        LEFT JOIN entities AS grandparents ON grandparents.id = parents.parent_id
+        LEFT JOIN entities AS studios ON studios.id = releases.studio_id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_actors AS local_actors ON local_actors.release_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_directors AS local_directors ON local_directors.release_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_tags AS local_tags ON local_tags.release_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN actors ON local_actors.actor_id = actors.id
+        LEFT JOIN actors AS directors ON local_directors.director_id = directors.id
+        LEFT JOIN tags ON local_tags.tag_id = tags.id
+        LEFT JOIN tags as tags_aliases ON local_tags.tag_id = tags_aliases.alias_for AND tags_aliases.secondary = true
+        LEFT JOIN movies_scenes ON movies_scenes.scene_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN movies ON movies.id = movies_scenes.movie_id
+        LEFT JOIN series_scenes ON series_scenes.scene_id = releases.id
+        LEFT JOIN series ON series.id = series_scenes.serie_id
+        ${sceneIds ? 'WHERE releases.id = ANY(?)' : ''}
+        GROUP BY
+            releases.id,
+			releases.title,
+			releases.created_at,
+			releases.date,
+			releases.shoot_id,
+			scenes_meta.stashed,
+			releases_summaries.batch_showcased,
+			entities.id,
+			entities.name,
+			entities.slug,
+			entities.alias,
+			entities.showcased,
+			parents.id,
+			parents.name,
+			parents.slug,
+			parents.alias,
+			grandparents.id,
+			studios.id,
+			studios.name,
+			studios.slug,
+			parents.showcased,
+			studios.showcased
+    `, sceneIds && [sceneIds]);
+
+	const scenesById = Object.fromEntries(scenes.rows.map((scene) => [scene.id, scene]));
+
+	const docs = (sceneIds || Object.keys(scenesById)).map((sceneId) => {
+		const scene = scenesById[sceneId];
+
+		if (!scene) {
+			return {
+				delete: {
+					index: 'scenes',
+					id: sceneId,
+				},
+			};
+		}
+
+		const flatActors = scene.actors.flatMap((actor) => actor.f2.split(' '));
+		const flatTags = scene.tags.filter((tag) => tag.f3 > 6).flatMap((tag) => [tag.f2].concat(tag.f4)).filter(Boolean); // only make top tags searchable to minimize cluttered results
+		const filteredTitle = filterTitle(scene.title, [...flatActors, ...flatTags]);
+
+		return {
+			replace: {
+				index: 'scenes',
+				id: scene.id,
+				doc: {
+					title: scene.title || undefined,
+					title_filtered: filteredTitle || undefined,
+					date: scene.date ? Math.round(scene.date.getTime() / 1000) : undefined,
+					created_at: Math.round(scene.created_at.getTime() / 1000),
+					effective_date: Math.round((scene.date || scene.created_at).getTime() / 1000),
+					is_showcased: scene.showcased,
+					shoot_id: scene.shoot_id || undefined,
+					channel_id: scene.channel_id,
+					channel_slug: scene.channel_slug,
+					channel_name: scene.channel_name,
+					network_id: scene.network_id || undefined,
+					network_slug: scene.network_slug || undefined,
+					network_name: scene.network_name || undefined,
+					studio_id: scene.studio_id || undefined,
+					studio_slug: scene.studio_slug || undefined,
+					studio_name: scene.studio_name || undefined,
+					entity_ids: [scene.channel_id, scene.network_id, scene.parent_network_id, scene.studio_id].filter(Boolean), // manticore does not support OR, this allows IN
+					actor_ids: scene.actors.map((actor) => actor.f1),
+					actors: scene.actors.map((actor) => actor.f2).join(),
+					tag_ids: scene.tags.map((tag) => tag.f1),
+					tags: flatTags.join(' '), // only make top tags searchable to minimize cluttered results
+					movie_ids: scene.movies.map((movie) => movie.f1),
+					movies: scene.movies.map((movie) => movie.f2).join(' '),
+					serie_ids: scene.series.map((serie) => serie.f1),
+					series: scene.series.map((serie) => serie.f2).join(' '),
+					meta: scene.date ? format(scene.date, 'y yy M MMM MMMM d') : undefined,
+					stashed: scene.stashed || 0,
+					dupe_index: scene.dupe_index || 0,
+				},
+			},
+		};
+	});
+
+	if (docs.length === 0) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	const [manticoreResult] = await Promise.all([
+		chunk(docs, 10000).reduce(async (chain, docsChunk, index, array) => {
+			const acc = await chain;
+			const data = await indexApi.bulk(docsChunk.map((doc) => JSON.stringify(doc)).join('\n'));
+
+			logger.verbose(`Seeded ${index + 1}/${array.length}, errors: ${data.errors} ${data.error}`);
+
+			return acc.concat(data.items);
+		}, Promise.resolve([])),
+		syncStashes('scene', sceneIds),
+	]);
+
+	return manticoreResult;
+}
+
+export async function syncScenes(releaseIds) {
+	await knex.raw('REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW scenes_meta;');
+
+	await syncManticoreScenes(releaseIds);
+}
+
+export async function syncManticoreMovies(movieIds) {
+	logger.info(`Updating Manticore search documents for ${movieIds ? movieIds.length : 'all' } movies`);
+
+	const movies = await knex.raw(`
+        SELECT
+            movies.id AS id,
+			movies.title,
+			movies.created_at,
+			movies.date,
+			movies_meta.stashed,
+			entities.id as channel_id,
+			entities.slug as channel_slug,
+			entities.name as channel_name,
+			parents.id as network_id,
+			parents.slug as network_slug,
+			parents.name as network_name,
+			movies_covers IS NOT NULL as has_cover,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (actors.id, actors.name)) FILTER (WHERE actors.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as actors,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (tags.id, tags.name, tags.priority, tags_aliases.name)) FILTER (WHERE tags.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as tags,
+			COALESCE(JSON_AGG(DISTINCT (movie_tags.id, movie_tags.name, movie_tags.priority, movie_tags_aliases.name)) FILTER (WHERE movie_tags.id IS NOT NULL), '[]') as movie_tags,
+			row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY movies.entry_id, parents.id ORDER BY movies.effective_date DESC) as dupe_index
+        FROM movies
+		LEFT JOIN movies_meta ON movies_meta.movie_id = movies.id
+		LEFT JOIN movies_scenes ON movies_scenes.movie_id = movies.id
+		LEFT JOIN movies_tags ON movies_tags.movie_id = movies.id
+        LEFT JOIN entities ON movies.entity_id = entities.id
+        LEFT JOIN entities AS parents ON parents.id = entities.parent_id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_actors AS local_actors ON local_actors.release_id = movies_scenes.scene_id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_directors AS local_directors ON local_directors.release_id = movies_scenes.scene_id
+        LEFT JOIN releases_tags AS local_tags ON local_tags.release_id = movies_scenes.scene_id
+        LEFT JOIN actors ON local_actors.actor_id = actors.id
+        LEFT JOIN actors AS directors ON local_directors.director_id = directors.id
+        LEFT JOIN tags ON local_tags.tag_id = tags.id
+        LEFT JOIN tags as tags_aliases ON local_tags.tag_id = tags_aliases.alias_for AND tags_aliases.secondary = true
+        LEFT JOIN tags as movie_tags ON movies_tags.tag_id = movie_tags.id
+        LEFT JOIN tags as movie_tags_aliases ON movies_tags.tag_id = movie_tags_aliases.alias_for AND movie_tags_aliases.secondary = true
+        LEFT JOIN movies_covers ON movies_covers.movie_id = movies.id
+        ${movieIds ? 'WHERE movies.id = ANY(?)' : ''}
+        GROUP BY
+            movies.id,
+			movies.title,
+			movies.created_at,
+			movies.date,
+			movies_meta.stashed,
+			movies_meta.stashed_scenes,
+			movies_meta.stashed_total,
+			entities.id,
+			entities.name,
+			entities.slug,
+			entities.alias,
+			parents.id,
+			parents.name,
+			parents.slug,
+			parents.alias,
+			movies_covers.*
+    `, movieIds && [movieIds]);
+
+	const moviesById = Object.fromEntries(movies.rows.map((movie) => [movie.id, movie]));
+
+	const docs = (movieIds || Object.keys(moviesById)).map((movieId) => {
+		const movie = moviesById[movieId];
+
+		if (!movie) {
+			return {
+				delete: {
+					index: 'movies',
+					id: movieId,
+				},
+			};
+		}
+
+		const combinedTags = Object.values(Object.fromEntries(movie.tags.concat(movie.movie_tags).map((tag) => [tag.f1, {
+			id: tag.f1,
+			name: tag.f2,
+			priority: tag.f3,
+			alias: tag.f4,
+		}])));
+
+		const flatActors = movie.actors.flatMap((actor) => actor.f2.match(/[\w']+/g)); // match word characters to filter out brackets etc.
+		const flatTags = combinedTags.filter((tag) => tag.priority > 6).flatMap((tag) => (tag.alias ? `${tag.name} ${tag.alias}` : tag.name).match(/[\w']+/g)); // only make top tags searchable to minimize cluttered results
+		const filteredTitle = movie.title && [...flatActors, ...flatTags].reduce((accTitle, tag) => accTitle.replace(new RegExp(tag.replace(/[^\w\s]+/g, ''), 'gi'), ''), movie.title).trim().replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
+
+		return {
+			replace: {
+				index: 'movies',
+				id: movie.id,
+				doc: {
+					title: movie.title || undefined,
+					title_filtered: filteredTitle || undefined,
+					date: movie.date ? Math.round(movie.date.getTime() / 1000) : undefined,
+					created_at: Math.round(movie.created_at.getTime() / 1000),
+					effective_date: Math.round((movie.date || movie.created_at).getTime() / 1000),
+					channel_id: movie.channel_id,
+					channel_slug: movie.channel_slug,
+					channel_name: movie.channel_name,
+					network_id: movie.network_id || undefined,
+					network_slug: movie.network_slug || undefined,
+					network_name: movie.network_name || undefined,
+					entity_ids: [movie.channel_id, movie.network_id].filter(Boolean), // manticore does not support OR, this allows IN
+					actor_ids: movie.actors.map((actor) => actor.f1),
+					actors: movie.actors.map((actor) => actor.f2).join(),
+					tag_ids: combinedTags.map((tag) => tag.id),
+					tags: flatTags.join(' '),
+					has_cover: movie.has_cover,
+					meta: movie.date ? format(movie.date, 'y yy M MMM MMMM d') : undefined,
+					stashed: movie.stashed || 0,
+					stashed_scenes: movie.stashed_scenes || 0,
+					stashed_total: movie.stashed_total || 0,
+					dupe_index: movie.dupe_index || 0,
+				},
+			},
+		};
+	});
+
+	if (docs.length === 0) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return indexApi.bulk(docs.map((doc) => JSON.stringify(doc)).join('\n'));
+}
+
+export async function syncMovies(releaseIds) {
+	await knex.raw('REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW movies_meta;');
+
+	await syncManticoreMovies(releaseIds);
+}
+
+export async function syncManticoreActors(actorIds) {
+	logger.info(`Updating Manticore search documents for ${actorIds ? actorIds.length : 'all' } actors`);
+
+	// manually select date of birth, otherwise it is retrieved in local timezone but interpreted as UTC...
+	const actors = await knex.raw(`
+        SELECT
+			actors.*,
+			actors_meta.*,
+			date_of_birth AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Amsterdam' AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' as dob
+        FROM actors
+		LEFT JOIN actors_meta ON actors_meta.actor_id = actors.id
+		${actorIds ? 'WHERE actors.id = ANY(?)' : ''}
+	`, actorIds && [actorIds]);
+
+	const actorsById = Object.fromEntries(actors.rows.map((actor) => [actor.id, actor]));
+
+	const docs = (actorIds || Object.keys(actorsById)).map((actorId) => {
+		const actor = actorsById[actorId];
+
+		if (!actor) {
+			return {
+				delete: {
+					index: 'actors',
+					id: actorId,
+				},
+			};
+		}
+
+		return {
+			replace: {
+				index: 'actors',
+				id: actor.id,
+				doc: {
+					entity_id: actor.entity_id,
+					name: actor.name,
+					slug: actor.slug,
+					gender: actor.gender || undefined,
+					date_of_birth: actor.dob ? Math.round(actor.dob.getTime() / 1000) : undefined,
+					has_avatar: !!actor.avatar_media_id,
+					country: actor.birth_country_alpha2 || undefined,
+					height: actor.height || undefined,
+					mass: actor.weight || undefined, // weight is a reserved keyword in manticore
+					cup: actor.cup || undefined,
+					natural_boobs: actor.natural_boobs === null ? 0 : Number(actor.natural_boobs) + 1, // manticore bool does not seem to support null, and we need three states for natural_boobs: yes, no and unknown
+					penis_length: actor.penis_length || undefined,
+					penis_girth: actor.penis_girth || undefined,
+					stashed: actor.stashed || 0,
+					scenes: actor.scenes || 0,
+				},
+			},
+		};
+	});
+
+	if (docs.length === 0) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return indexApi.bulk(docs.map((doc) => JSON.stringify(doc)).join('\n'));
+}
+
+export async function syncActors(actorIds) {
+	await knex.raw('REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW actors_meta;');
+
+	await syncManticoreActors(actorIds);
+}
diff --git a/src/web/actors.js b/src/web/actors.js
index 788bc2c..3497d3b 100644
--- a/src/web/actors.js
+++ b/src/web/actors.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 	fetchActors,
 	fetchActorsById,
 	createActor,
+	mergeActors,
 	fetchActorRevisions,
 	createActorRevision,
 	reviewActorRevision,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export function curateActorsQuery(query) {
 		weight: query.weight?.split(',').map((weight) => Number(weight)),
 		requireAvatar: query.avatar,
 		stashId: Number(query.stashId) || null,
+		isGlobal: !!query.global,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +179,12 @@ export async function createActorApi(req, res) {
 	res.send({ actor });
 }
 
+export async function mergeActorsApi(req, res) {
+	const result = await mergeActors(Number(req.params.targetActorId), Number(req.params.sourceActorId), req.user);
+
+	res.send(result);
+}
+
 async function fetchActorRevisionsApi(req, res) {
 	const revisions = await fetchActorRevisions(Number(req.params.revisionId) || null, req.query, req.user);
 
@@ -200,6 +208,8 @@ export const actorsRouter = Router();
 actorsRouter.get('/api/actors', fetchActorsApi);
 actorsRouter.post('/api/actors', createActorApi);
 
+actorsRouter.post('/api/actors/:targetActorId/merge/:sourceActorId', mergeActorsApi);
+
 actorsRouter.get('/api/revisions/actors', fetchActorRevisionsApi);
 actorsRouter.get('/api/revisions/actors/:revisionId', fetchActorRevisionsApi);
 actorsRouter.post('/api/revisions/actors', createActorRevisionApi);
diff --git a/tools/manticore-actors.js b/tools/manticore-actors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f61e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/manticore-actors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import argv from '../src/argv.js';
+
+import { knexOwner as knex } from '../src/knex.js';
+import { utilsApi } from '../src/manticore.js';
+import { syncManticoreActors } from '../src/sync.js';
+
+async function init() {
+	if (argv.update) {
+		await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists actors');
+		await utilsApi.sql(`create table actors(
+			 id int,
+			 name text,
+			 slug string,
+			 entity_id int,
+			 gender string,
+			 date_of_birth timestamp,
+			 country string,
+			 has_avatar bool,
+			 mass int,
+			 height int,
+			 cup string,
+			 natural_boobs int,
+			 penis_length int,
+			 penis_girth int,
+			 stashed int,
+			 scenes int
+		) min_prefix_len = '3'`);
+
+		console.log('Recreated actors table, syncing actors...');
+
+		const data = await syncManticoreActors();
+
+		console.log('data', data);
+
+		knex.destroy();
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	knex.destroy();
+}
+
+init();
diff --git a/tools/manticore-movies.js b/tools/manticore-movies.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0397cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/manticore-movies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import argv from '../src/argv.js';
+import { knexOwner as knex } from '../src/knex.js';
+import { utilsApi } from '../src/manticore.js';
+import { syncManticoreMovies } from '../src/sync.js';
+
+async function init() {
+	if (argv.update) {
+		await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists movies');
+		await utilsApi.sql(`create table movies (
+			 id int,
+			 title text,
+			 title_filtered text,
+			 channel_id int,
+			 channel_name text,
+			 channel_slug text,
+			 network_id int,
+			 network_name text,
+			 network_slug text,
+			 entity_ids multi,
+			 actor_ids multi,
+			 actors text,
+			 tag_ids multi,
+			 tags text,
+			 meta text,
+			 date timestamp,
+			 has_cover bool,
+			 created_at timestamp,
+			 effective_date timestamp,
+			 stashed int,
+			 stashed_scenes int,
+			 stashed_total int,
+			 dupe_index int
+		)`);
+
+		console.log('Recreated movies tables, syncing movies...');
+
+		const data = await syncManticoreMovies();
+
+		console.log('data', data);
+	}
+
+	knex.destroy();
+}
+
+init();
diff --git a/tools/manticore-scenes.js b/tools/manticore-scenes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f1792c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/manticore-scenes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import argv from '../src/argv.js';
+import { knexOwner as knex } from '../src/knex.js';
+import { utilsApi } from '../src/manticore.js';
+import { syncManticoreScenes } from '../src/sync.js';
+
+async function init() {
+	if (argv.update) {
+		await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists scenes');
+		await utilsApi.sql(`create table scenes (
+			 id int,
+			 title text,
+			 title_filtered text,
+			 entry_id text,
+			 shoot_id text,
+			 channel_id int,
+			 channel_name text,
+			 channel_slug text,
+			 network_id int,
+			 network_name text,
+			 network_slug text,
+			 studio_id int,
+			 studio_name text,
+			 studio_slug text,
+			 entity_ids multi,
+			 actor_ids multi,
+			 actors text,
+			 tag_ids multi,
+			 tags text,
+			 movie_ids multi,
+			 movies text,
+			 serie_ids multi,
+			 series text,
+			 meta text,
+			 date timestamp,
+			 fingerprints text,
+			 is_showcased bool,
+			 created_at timestamp,
+			 effective_date timestamp,
+			 stashed int,
+			 dupe_index int
+		)`);
+
+		await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists scenes_tags');
+		await utilsApi.sql(`create table scenes_tags (
+			 id int,
+			 scene_id int,
+			 tag_id int,
+			 actor_id int
+		)`);
+
+		console.log('Recreated scenes tables, syncing scenes...');
+
+		await syncManticoreScenes();
+	}
+
+	knex.destroy();
+}
+
+init();
diff --git a/tools/manticore-stashes.js b/tools/manticore-stashes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..766870e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/manticore-stashes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { knexOwner as knex } from '../src/knex.js';
+import { utilsApi } from '../src/manticore.js';
+import { syncStashes } from '../src/sync.js';
+
+async function init() {
+	await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists scenes_stashed');
+
+	await utilsApi.sql(`create table if not exists scenes_stashed (
+		scene_id int,
+		stash_id int,
+		user_id int,
+		created_at timestamp
+	)`);
+
+	await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists movies_stashed');
+
+	await utilsApi.sql(`create table if not exists movies_stashed (
+		movie_id int,
+		stash_id int,
+		user_id int,
+		created_at timestamp
+	)`);
+
+	await utilsApi.sql('drop table if exists actors_stashed');
+
+	await utilsApi.sql(`create table if not exists actors_stashed (
+		actor_id int,
+		stash_id int,
+		user_id int,
+		created_at timestamp
+	)`);
+
+	console.log('Recreated stash tables, syncing stashes...');
+
+	await syncStashes('scene');
+	await syncStashes('actor');
+	await syncStashes('movie');
+
+	knex.destroy();
+}
+
+init();
diff --git a/src/tools/scene_tag_revision_fix.js b/tools/scene_tag_revision_fix.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/scene_tag_revision_fix.js
rename to tools/scene_tag_revision_fix.js
diff --git a/src/tools/slugify-test.js b/tools/slugify-test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/slugify-test.js
rename to tools/slugify-test.js
diff --git a/src/utils/chunk.js b/utils/chunk.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utils/chunk.js
rename to utils/chunk.js
diff --git a/utils/filter-title.js b/utils/filter-title.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f192af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/filter-title.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default function filterTitle(title, keys) {
+	if (!title) {
+		return title;
+	}
+
+	return keys.reduce((accTitle, tag) => accTitle.replace(new RegExp(`\\b${tag.replace(/[^\w\s]+/g, '')}\\b`, 'gi'), ''), title).trim().replace(/\s{2,}/, ' ');
+}
diff --git a/utils/verify-ability.js b/utils/verify-ability.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b47f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/verify-ability.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export default function verifyAbility(user, subject, action) {
+	if (!user?.abilities) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	if (subject && action) {
+		return user.abilities.some((ability) => ability.subject === subject && ability.action === action);
+	}
+
+	if (subject) {
+		return user.abilities.some((ability) => ability[subject] === true);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}