diff --git a/src/tools/transfer.js b/src/tools/transfer.js
index d5b94971..84d318f4 100644
--- a/src/tools/transfer.js
+++ b/src/tools/transfer.js
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ async function linkMovieScenes(release, context) {
 
 async function addRelease(release, context) {
 	const existingRelease = await knex(`${release.type}s`)
+		.select(`${release.type}s.*`, 'entities.name as entity_name')
 		.leftJoin('entities', 'entities.id', `${release.type}s.entity_id`)
 		.where('entry_id', release.entryId)
 		.where('entities.slug', release.entity.slug)
@@ -517,7 +518,12 @@ async function addRelease(release, context) {
 
 	if (existingRelease) {
 		console.log(`Skipping ${release.entity.slug} release "${release.title}", already in database`);
-		return false;
+
+		return {
+			...release,
+			id: existingRelease.id,
+			entityName: existingRelease.entity_name,
+		};
 	}
 
 	const [entity] = await Promise.all([
@@ -552,7 +558,6 @@ async function addRelease(release, context) {
 	const releaseWithId = {
 		...release,
 		id: releaseEntry.id,
-		entityId: entity.id,
 		entityName: entity.name,
 	};