diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/PrioritizeDownloadDecisionFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/PrioritizeDownloadDecisionFixture.cs
index 9c3b41b24..37b546bad 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/PrioritizeDownloadDecisionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/PrioritizeDownloadDecisionFixture.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ private void GivenPreferredDownloadProtocol(DownloadProtocol downloadProtocol)
                   });
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void should_put_reals_before_non_reals()
+        {
+            var remoteAlbum1 = GivenRemoteAlbum(new List<Album> { GivenAlbum(1) }, new QualityModel(Quality.MP3_256, new Revision(version: 1, real: 0)));
+            var remoteAlbum2 = GivenRemoteAlbum(new List<Album> { GivenAlbum(1) }, new QualityModel(Quality.MP3_256, new Revision(version: 1, real: 1)));
+
+            var decisions = new List<DownloadDecision>();
+            decisions.Add(new DownloadDecision(remoteAlbum1));
+            decisions.Add(new DownloadDecision(remoteAlbum2));
+
+            var qualifiedReports = Subject.PrioritizeDecisions(decisions);
+            qualifiedReports.First().RemoteAlbum.ParsedAlbumInfo.Quality.Revision.Real.Should().Be(1);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void should_put_propers_before_non_propers()
         {
@@ -511,5 +525,29 @@ public void ensure_download_decisions_indexer_priority_is_not_perfered_over_qual
             qualifiedReports.Skip(2).First().RemoteBook.Should().Be(remoteAlbum1);
             qualifiedReports.Last().RemoteBook.Should().Be(remoteAlbum3);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_prefer_score_over_real_when_download_propers_is_do_not_prefer()
+        {
+            Mocker.GetMock<IConfigService>()
+                  .Setup(s => s.DownloadPropersAndRepacks)
+                  .Returns(ProperDownloadTypes.DoNotPrefer);
+
+            var remoteAlbum1 = GivenRemoteAlbum(new List<Album> { GivenAlbum(1) }, new QualityModel(Quality.FLAC, new Revision(1, 0)));
+            var remoteAlbum2 = GivenRemoteAlbum(new List<Album> { GivenAlbum(1) }, new QualityModel(Quality.FLAC, new Revision(1, 1)));
+
+            remoteAlbum1.PreferredWordScore = 10;
+            remoteAlbum2.PreferredWordScore = 0;
+
+            var decisions = new List<DownloadDecision>();
+            decisions.Add(new DownloadDecision(remoteAlbum1));
+            decisions.Add(new DownloadDecision(remoteAlbum2));
+
+            var qualifiedReports = Subject.PrioritizeDecisions(decisions);
+            qualifiedReports.First().RemoteAlbum.ParsedAlbumInfo.Quality.Quality.Should().Be(Quality.FLAC);
+            qualifiedReports.First().RemoteAlbum.ParsedAlbumInfo.Quality.Revision.Version.Should().Be(1);
+            qualifiedReports.First().RemoteAlbum.ParsedAlbumInfo.Quality.Revision.Real.Should().Be(0);
+            qualifiedReports.First().RemoteAlbum.PreferredWordScore.Should().Be(10);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionComparer.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionComparer.cs
index f707aacc9..ad65740f5 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionComparer.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionComparer.cs
@@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ private int CompareQuality(DownloadDecision x, DownloadDecision y)
         {
             if (_configService.DownloadPropersAndRepacks == ProperDownloadTypes.DoNotPrefer)
             {
-                return CompareAll(CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.Author.QualityProfile.Value.GetIndex(remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Quality)),
-                    CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Revision.Real));
+                return CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.Author.QualityProfile.Value.GetIndex(remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Quality));
             }
 
             return CompareAll(CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.Author.QualityProfile.Value.GetIndex(remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Quality)),
-                           CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Revision.Real),
-                           CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Revision.Version));
+                           CompareBy(x.RemoteBook, y.RemoteBook, remoteBook => remoteBook.ParsedBookInfo.Quality.Revision));
         }
 
         private int ComparePreferredWordScore(DownloadDecision x, DownloadDecision y)