diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
index 69375c32..30e617ae 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/MediaBindingBean.java
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ public class MediaBindingBean {
 		return getMetaInfo().getProperty("genres");
 	}
 
+	@Define("genre")
+	public Object getPrimaryGenre() {
+		return ((Iterable<?>) getGenres()).iterator().next();
+	}
+
 	@Define("director")
 	public Object getDirector() {
 		return getMetaInfo().getProperty("director");
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
index 06b7da09..fe3d1540 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/BindingDialog.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 parameter.exclude: ^StreamKind|Count$
 
 # preview expressions (keys are tagged so they can be sorted alphabetically)
-expressions: n,y,s,e,es,sxe,s00e00,t,d,startdate,absolute,special,episode,series,primaryTitle,alias,movie,tmdbid,imdbid,music,artist,albumArtist,album,pi,pn,lang,actors,director,collection,genres,certification,rating,vc,ac,cf,vf,hpi,af,resolution,dim,ws,sdhd,source,group,original,fn,ext,mediaType,file,file.name,folder,folder.name,crc32,info,info.runtime,info.status,imdb,imdb.rating,imdb.votes,duration,seconds,minutes,media,media.title,media.overallBitRateString,video,video.codecID,video.frameRate,video.displayAspectRatioString,video.scanType,audio,audio.bitRateString,audio.language,audios,audios.language,text,text.codecInfo,text.language,texts,texts.language
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+expressions: n,y,s,e,es,sxe,s00e00,t,d,startdate,absolute,special,episode,series,primaryTitle,alias,movie,tmdbid,imdbid,music,artist,albumArtist,album,pi,pn,lang,actors,director,collection,genre,genres,certification,rating,vc,ac,cf,vf,hpi,af,resolution,dim,ws,sdhd,source,group,original,fn,ext,mediaType,file,file.name,folder,folder.name,crc32,info,info.runtime,info.status,imdb,imdb.rating,imdb.votes,duration,seconds,minutes,media,media.title,media.overallBitRateString,video,video.codecID,video.frameRate,video.displayAspectRatioString,video.scanType,audio,audio.bitRateString,audio.language,audios,audios.language,text,text.codecInfo,text.language,texts,texts.language
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