diff --git a/API/Controllers/ChapterController.cs b/API/Controllers/ChapterController.cs
index f305e7de6..8de26cf97 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/ChapterController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/ChapterController.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class ChapterController : BaseApiController
     {
         if (User.IsInRole(PolicyConstants.ReadOnlyRole)) return BadRequest(await _localizationService.Translate(User.GetUserId(), "permission-denied"));
 
-        var chapter = await _unitOfWork.ChapterRepository.GetChapterAsync(chapterId);
+        var chapter = await _unitOfWork.ChapterRepository.GetChapterAsync(chapterId,
+            ChapterIncludes.Files | ChapterIncludes.ExternalReviews | ChapterIncludes.ExternalRatings);
         if (chapter == null)
             return BadRequest(_localizationService.Translate(User.GetUserId(), "chapter-doesnt-exist"));
 
@@ -86,6 +87,15 @@ public class ChapterController : BaseApiController
             _unitOfWork.ChapterRepository.Remove(chapter);
         }
 
+        // If we removed the volume, do an additional check if we need to delete the actual series as well or not
+        var series = await _unitOfWork.SeriesRepository.GetSeriesByIdAsync(vol.SeriesId, SeriesIncludes.ExternalData | SeriesIncludes.Volumes);
+        var needToRemoveSeries = needToRemoveVolume && series != null && series.Volumes.Count <= 1;
+        if (needToRemoveSeries)
+        {
+            _unitOfWork.SeriesRepository.Remove(series!);
+        }
+
+
 
         if (!await _unitOfWork.CommitAsync()) return Ok(false);
 
@@ -95,6 +105,12 @@ public class ChapterController : BaseApiController
             await _eventHub.SendMessageAsync(MessageFactory.VolumeRemoved, MessageFactory.VolumeRemovedEvent(chapter.VolumeId, vol.SeriesId), false);
         }
 
+        if (needToRemoveSeries)
+        {
+            await _eventHub.SendMessageAsync(MessageFactory.SeriesRemoved,
+                MessageFactory.SeriesRemovedEvent(series!.Id, series.Name, series.LibraryId), false);
+        }
+
         return Ok(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/API/Controllers/MetadataController.cs b/API/Controllers/MetadataController.cs
index 9757186bb..b08ac1f38 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/MetadataController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/MetadataController.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class MetadataController(IUnitOfWork unitOfWork, ILocalizationService loc
         return Ok(ret);
     }
 
-    private async Task PrepareSeriesDetail(List<UserReviewDto> userReviews, SeriesDetailPlusDto ret)
+    private async Task PrepareSeriesDetail(List<UserReviewDto> userReviews, SeriesDetailPlusDto? ret)
     {
         var isAdmin = User.IsInRole(PolicyConstants.AdminRole);
         var user = await unitOfWork.UserRepository.GetUserByIdAsync(User.GetUserId())!;
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ public class MetadataController(IUnitOfWork unitOfWork, ILocalizationService loc
             ret.Recommendations.OwnedSeries =
                 await unitOfWork.SeriesRepository.GetSeriesDtoByIdsAsync(
                     ret.Recommendations.OwnedSeries.Select(s => s.Id), user);
-            ret.Recommendations.ExternalSeries = new List<ExternalSeriesDto>();
+            ret.Recommendations.ExternalSeries = [];
         }
 
         if (ret.Recommendations != null && user != null)
         {
-            ret.Recommendations.OwnedSeries ??= new List<SeriesDto>();
+            ret.Recommendations.OwnedSeries ??= [];
             await unitOfWork.SeriesRepository.AddSeriesModifiers(user.Id, ret.Recommendations.OwnedSeries);
         }
     }
diff --git a/API/Data/Repositories/ChapterRepository.cs b/API/Data/Repositories/ChapterRepository.cs
index 5badb315e..27d21df74 100644
--- a/API/Data/Repositories/ChapterRepository.cs
+++ b/API/Data/Repositories/ChapterRepository.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public enum ChapterIncludes
     Genres = 16,
     Tags = 32,
     ExternalReviews = 1 << 6,
+    ExternalRatings = 1 << 7
 }
 
 public interface IChapterRepository
diff --git a/API/Data/Repositories/SeriesRepository.cs b/API/Data/Repositories/SeriesRepository.cs
index 572273d16..948f35a68 100644
--- a/API/Data/Repositories/SeriesRepository.cs
+++ b/API/Data/Repositories/SeriesRepository.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public enum SeriesIncludes
     ExternalRatings = 128,
     ExternalRecommendations = 256,
     ExternalMetadata = 512,
+
+    ExternalData = ExternalMetadata | ExternalReviews | ExternalRatings | ExternalRecommendations,
 }
 
 /// <summary>
diff --git a/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/IncludesExtensions.cs b/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/IncludesExtensions.cs
index 1706648c1..864c4e5a1 100644
--- a/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/IncludesExtensions.cs
+++ b/API/Extensions/QueryExtensions/IncludesExtensions.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ public static class IncludesExtensions
                 .Include(c => c.ExternalReviews);
         }
 
+        if (includes.HasFlag(ChapterIncludes.ExternalRatings))
+        {
+            queryable = queryable
+                .Include(c => c.ExternalRatings);
+        }
+
         return queryable.AsSplitQuery();
     }