diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
index 445fe61f89..3898afd36d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/miscextensions.cpp
@@ -1614,7 +1614,10 @@ namespace MWScript
         public:
             void execute(Interpreter::Runtime& runtime) override
             {
-                runtime.getContext().report("Loading all models. This may take a while...");
+                Resource::SceneManager* sceneManager
+                    = MWBase::Environment::get().getResourceSystem()->getSceneManager();
+                double delay = sceneManager->getExpiryDelay();
+                sceneManager->setExpiryDelay(0.0);
                 int count = 0;
 
                 test<ESM::Activator>(count);
@@ -1636,8 +1639,9 @@ namespace MWScript
                 test<ESM::Static>(count);
                 test<ESM::Weapon>(count);
 
+                sceneManager->setExpiryDelay(delay);
                 std::stringstream message;
-                message << "Attempted to load " << count << " models. Check the log for details.";
+                message << "Attempted to load models for " << count << " objects. Check the log for details.";
                 runtime.getContext().report(message.str());
             }
         };
diff --git a/components/resource/resourcemanager.hpp b/components/resource/resourcemanager.hpp
index 655076e65b..d53c4230f0 100644
--- a/components/resource/resourcemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/resourcemanager.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Resource
 
         /// How long to keep objects in cache after no longer being referenced.
         void setExpiryDelay(double expiryDelay) override { mExpiryDelay = expiryDelay; }
-        float getExpiryDelay() const { return mExpiryDelay; }
+        double getExpiryDelay() const { return mExpiryDelay; }
 
         const VFS::Manager* getVFS() const { return mVFS; }