diff --git a/res/doc b/res/doc
index 2f9d3c7..6128778 100644
--- a/res/doc
+++ b/res/doc
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
 #                                      solitaire
 #                                      sudoku
 #                                      word_scramble
-#                   misc           - one of:
+#                   nickel_misc    - one of:
 #                                      force_usb_connection - forces a usb connection dialog to be shown
-#                                      rescan_books         - forces nickel to rescan books (TODO)
-#                                      rescan_books_full    - forcez a full usb connect/disconnect cycle (TODO)
+#                                      rescan_books         - forces nickel to rescan books
+#                                      rescan_books_full    - forces a full usb connect/disconnect cycle
 #                   cmd_spawn      - the command line to pass to /bin/sh -c (started in /)
 #                   cmd_output     - the timeout in milliseconds (0 < t < 10000), a colon, then the command line to pass to /bin/sh -c (started in /)
 #
diff --git a/src/action_cc.cc b/src/action_cc.cc
index e33addb..87122e0 100644
--- a/src/action_cc.cc
+++ b/src/action_cc.cc
@@ -128,7 +128,20 @@ extern "C" int nm_action_nickelextras(const char *arg, char **err_out) {
 
 extern "C" int nm_action_nickelmisc(const char *arg, char **err_out) {
     #define NM_ERR_RET 1
-    if (!strcmp(arg, "rescan_books_full")) {
+    if (!strcmp(arg, "rescan_books")) {
+        PlugWorkflowManager *(*PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance)();
+        reinterpret_cast<void*&>(PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance) = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "_ZN19PlugWorkflowManager14sharedInstanceEv");
+        NM_ASSERT(PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance, "could not dlsym PlugWorkflowManager::sharedInstance");
+
+        void (*PlugWorkflowManager_sync)(PlugWorkflowManager*);
+        reinterpret_cast<void*&>(PlugWorkflowManager_sync) = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "_ZN19PlugWorkflowManager4syncEv");
+        NM_ASSERT(PlugWorkflowManager_sync, "could not dlsym PlugWorkflowManager::sync");
+
+        PlugWorkflowManager *wf = PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance();
+        NM_ASSERT(wf, "could not get shared PlugWorkflowManager pointer");
+
+        PlugWorkflowManager_sync(wf);
+    } else if (!strcmp(arg, "rescan_books_full")) {
         PlugWorkflowManager *(*PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance)();
         reinterpret_cast<void*&>(PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance) = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "_ZN19PlugWorkflowManager14sharedInstanceEv");
         NM_ASSERT(PlugWorkflowManager_sharedInstance, "could not dlsym PlugWorkflowManager::sharedInstance");