diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMakerFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMakerFixture.cs
index cba94adfb..93b7316fb 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMakerFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMakerFixture.cs
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.MediaFiles.EpisodeImport
             _videoFiles = videoFiles.ToList();
 
             Mocker.GetMock<IMediaFileService>()
-                .Setup(c => c.FilterExistingFiles(_videoFiles, It.IsAny<Series>()))
-                .Returns(_videoFiles);
+                  .Setup(c => c.FilterExistingFiles(_videoFiles, It.IsAny<Series>()))
+                  .Returns(_videoFiles);
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -180,21 +180,27 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.MediaFiles.EpisodeImport
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void should_use_file_quality_if_folder_quality_is_lower_than_file_quality()
+        public void should_use_file_quality_if_file_quality_was_determined_by_name()
         {
             GivenSpecifications(_pass1, _pass2, _pass3);
             var expectedQuality = QualityParser.ParseQuality(_videoFiles.Single());
 
-            var result = Subject.GetImportDecisions(_videoFiles, _series, new ParsedEpisodeInfo{Quality = new QualityModel(Quality.SDTV)}, true);
+            var result = Subject.GetImportDecisions(_videoFiles, _series, new ParsedEpisodeInfo{Quality = new QualityModel(Quality.Bluray1080p)}, true);
 
             result.Single().LocalEpisode.Quality.Should().Be(expectedQuality);
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void should_use_folder_quality_when_it_is_greater_than_file_quality()
+        public void should_use_folder_quality_when_file_quality_was_determined_by_the_extension()
         {
             GivenSpecifications(_pass1, _pass2, _pass3);
-            var expectedQuality = new QualityModel(Quality.Bluray1080p);
+            GivenVideoFiles(new string[] { @"C:\Test\Unsorted\The.Office.S03E115.mkv".AsOsAgnostic() });
+
+            _localEpisode.Path = _videoFiles.Single();
+            _localEpisode.Quality.QualitySource = QualitySource.Extension;
+            _localEpisode.Quality.Quality = Quality.HDTV720p;
+
+            var expectedQuality = new QualityModel(Quality.SDTV);
 
             var result = Subject.GetImportDecisions(_videoFiles, _series, new ParsedEpisodeInfo { Quality = expectedQuality }, true);
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/QualityParserFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/QualityParserFixture.cs
index dee8e0926..8378f221c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/QualityParserFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTests/QualityParserFixture.cs
@@ -228,6 +228,24 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.ParserTests
             }
         }
 
+        [TestCase("Saturday.Night.Live.Vintage.S10E09.Eddie.Murphy.The.Honeydrippers.1080i.UPSCALE.HDTV.DD5.1.MPEG2-zebra")]
+        [TestCase("Dexter - S01E01 - Title [HDTV-1080p]")]
+        [TestCase("[CR] Sailor Moon - 004 [480p][48CE2D0F]")]
+        [TestCase("White.Van.Man.2011.S02E01.WS.PDTV.x264-REPACK-TLA")]
+        public void should_parse_quality_from_name(string title)
+        {
+            QualityParser.ParseQuality(title).QualitySource.Should().Be(QualitySource.Name);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase("Revolution.S01E02.Chained.Heat.mkv")]
+        [TestCase("Dexter - S01E01 - Title.avi")]
+        [TestCase("the_x-files.9x18.sunshine_days.avi")]
+        [TestCase("[CR] Sailor Moon - 004 [48CE2D0F].avi")]
+        public void should_parse_quality_from_extension(string title)
+        {
+            QualityParser.ParseQuality(title).QualitySource.Should().Be(QualitySource.Extension);
+        }
+
         private void ParseAndVerifyQuality(string title, Quality quality, bool proper)
         {
             var result = QualityParser.ParseQuality(title);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMaker.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMaker.cs
index ae1450167..4965f079a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMaker.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/EpisodeImport/ImportDecisionMaker.cs
@@ -181,9 +181,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles.EpisodeImport
 
         private QualityModel GetQuality(ParsedEpisodeInfo folderInfo, QualityModel fileQuality, Series series)
         {
-            if (folderInfo != null &&
-                folderInfo.Quality.Quality != Quality.Unknown && 
-                new QualityModelComparer(series.Profile).Compare(folderInfo.Quality, fileQuality) > 0)
+            if (folderInfo != null && folderInfo.Quality.Quality != Quality.Unknown && fileQuality.QualitySource == QualitySource.Extension)
             {
                 _logger.Debug("Using quality from folder: {0}", folderInfo.Quality);
                 return folderInfo.Quality;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index 7117f823a..386e5b1ca 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Profiles\Delay\DelayProfileTagInUseValidator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Profiles\ProfileRepository.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProgressMessaging\ProgressMessageContext.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Qualities\QualitySource.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Qualities\Revision.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RemotePathMappings\RemotePathMapping.cs" />
     <Compile Include="RemotePathMappings\RemotePathMappingRepository.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/QualityParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/QualityParser.cs
index 81b3b28cc..3ac9bb908 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/QualityParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/QualityParser.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
             var normalizedName = name.Replace('_', ' ').Trim().ToLower();
             var result = ParseQualityModifiers(name, normalizedName);
 
-
             if (RawHDRegex.IsMatch(normalizedName))
             {
                 result.Quality = Quality.RAWHD;
@@ -276,6 +275,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser
                 try
                 {
                     result.Quality = MediaFileExtensions.GetQualityForExtension(Path.GetExtension(name));
+                    result.QualitySource = QualitySource.Extension;
                 }
                 catch (ArgumentException)
                 {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualityModel.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualityModel.cs
index c941b131c..a483d22c2 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualityModel.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualityModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Qualities
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Qualities
     {
         public Quality Quality { get; set; }
         public Revision Revision { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public QualitySource QualitySource { get; set; }
         
         public QualityModel()
             : this(Quality.Unknown, new Revision())
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualitySource.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualitySource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c0c2c81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Qualities/QualitySource.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Qualities
+{
+    public enum QualitySource
+    {
+        Name,
+        Extension,
+        MediaInfo
+    }
+}