diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 282169b..f15feaf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -122,8 +122,13 @@ fn sync_albums(
         let album_dir = output_dir.join(a.id.as_ref().expect("missing album id"));
         if !album_dir.exists() {
             info!("making album directory {}", album_dir.to_string_lossy());
-            fs::create_dir_all(album_dir)?;
+            fs::create_dir_all(&album_dir)?;
         }
+        let j = serde_json::to_string(&albums)?;
+        let path = album_dir.join("album.json");
+        info!("saving {}", path.to_string_lossy());
+        fs::write(path, j)?;
+        search_media_items(client, a.id)
     }
     // Serialize it to a JSON string.
     let j = serde_json::to_string(&albums)?;