diff --git a/pretranscode.c b/pretranscode.c
index 7895310..0c5835c 100644
--- a/pretranscode.c
+++ b/pretranscode.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 /* A single-writer, atomic Jellyfin compatibility cache. */
 
-#define VERSION "2.0.0"
+#define VERSION "2.0.1"
 #define HASH_HEX 32
 #define AUDIO_BITRATE "192k"
 #define HASH_CHUNK (4U * 1024U * 1024U)
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static struct item *candidate(struct manager *m)
         if (item->cache || !needs_cache || locked(m, item->relative) ||
             timer_get(&m->retries, item->relative) > time) continue;
         double priority = timer_get(&m->priorities, item->relative);
-        bool preferred = priority > 0; double order = preferred ? priority : item->mtime;
+        bool preferred = item->fallback || priority > 0; double order = priority > 0 ? priority : item->mtime;
         if (!best || preferred > best_priority || (preferred == best_priority && order > best_order)) {
             best = item; best_priority = preferred; best_order = order;
         }