diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
index 3808abe6a..ff190ade2 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ class AudioFile:
         self.muta.save()
 
 class Tagger:
-    def __init__(self, dry_run: bool, prefer_path: bool, manual_tags: Tags):
+    def __init__(self, dry_run: bool, force: bool, manual_tags: Tags):
         self.dry_run = dry_run
-        self.prefer_path = prefer_path
+        self.force = force
         self.manual_tags = manual_tags
 
     def tag_file(self, path_: str) -> None:
@@ -310,10 +310,11 @@ class Tagger:
 
         old_tags = file_.tags_on_disk()
         path_tags = Tags.from_path(path_)
-        if self.prefer_path:
-            new_tags = path_tags
+        additional_tags = self.manual_tags.union(path_tags)
+        if self.force:
+            new_tags = additional_tags.union(old_tags)
         else:
-            new_tags = old_tags.union(path_tags)
+            new_tags = old_tags.union(additional_tags)
         new_tags = new_tags.union(self.manual_tags)
         new_tags.trim_fields()
         new_tags.expand_shorthands()
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="augment music tags based on library path")
     parser.add_argument("path", nargs="+", help="relative path to a file to tag")
     parser.add_argument('--dry-run', action='store_true')
-    parser.add_argument('--prefer-path', action='store_true', help="give higher credence to path-based tags than any existing tags")
+    parser.add_argument('--force', action='store_true', help="give higher credence to path-based and manual tags than any existing tags")
     parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--album', help="manually specify the tag")
     parser.add_argument('--album-artist', help="manually specify the tag")
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ def main():
 
     tagger = Tagger(
         dry_run=args.dry_run,
-        prefer_path=args.prefer_path,
+        force=args.force,
         manual_tags=manual_tags
     )