diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
index 7dc5e63c..68cc9852 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class CmdlineOperations implements CmdlineInterface {
 		// similarity metrics for matching
 		SimilarityMetric[] sequence;
 		if (strict) {
-			sequence = new SimilarityMetric[] { StrictMetric.EpisodeIdentifier, StrictMetric.Title, StrictMetric.Name }; // use SEI for matching and SN for excluding false positives
+			sequence = new SimilarityMetric[] { StrictMetric.EpisodeIdentifier, StrictMetric.SubstringFields, StrictMetric.Name }; // use SEI for matching and SN for excluding false positives
 		} else {
 			sequence = MatchSimilarityMetric.defaultSequence(false); // same as in GUI
 		}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/StrictMetric.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/StrictMetric.java
index a05c68fe..3a0f17ee 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/StrictMetric.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/StrictMetric.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.rename.MatchSimilarityMetric;
 
 public enum StrictMetric implements SimilarityMetric {
 	
-	EpisodeIdentifier(MatchSimilarityMetric.StrictEpisodeIdentifier, 1), // only allow 0 or 1
-	Title(MatchSimilarityMetric.SubstringFields, 2), // allow 0 or .5 or 1
+	EpisodeIdentifier(MatchSimilarityMetric.EpisodeIdentifier, 1), // only allow 0 or 1
+	SubstringFields(MatchSimilarityMetric.SubstringFields, 2), // allow 0 or .5 or 1
 	Name(MatchSimilarityMetric.Name, 2); // allow 0 or .5 or 1
 	
 	// inner metric
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/MetricCascade.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/MetricCascade.java
index 4c1647d2..20962f55 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/MetricCascade.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/similarity/MetricCascade.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class MetricCascade implements SimilarityMetric {
 		for (SimilarityMetric metric : cascade) {
 			f = max(f, metric.getSimilarity(o1, o2));
 			
-			// is match, ignore remaining metrics
+			// perfect match, ignore remaining metrics
 			if (f >= 1) {
 				return f;
 			}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetric.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetric.java
index b20a5b5b..53b6dc5d 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetric.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetric.java
@@ -111,9 +111,22 @@ public enum MatchSimilarityMetric implements SimilarityMetric {
 		}
 	}),
 	
-	// Match by combining season/episode, episode airdate and movie/episode title 
-	GeneralEpisodeIdentifier(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate, Title)),
-	StrictEpisodeIdentifier(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate)),
+	// Match by SxE and airdate
+	EpisodeIdentifier(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate)),
+	
+	// Advanced episode<->file matching 
+	EpisodeFunnel(new MetricCascade(SeasonEpisode, AirDate, Title)),
+	EpisodeBalancer(new SimilarityMetric() {
+		
+		@Override
+		public float getSimilarity(Object o1, Object o2) {
+			float sxe = EpisodeIdentifier.getSimilarity(o1, o2);
+			float title = Title.getSimilarity(o1, o2);
+			
+			// 1:SxE && Title, 2:SxE
+			return (sxe * title) + (sxe / 10f);
+		}
+	}),
 	
 	// Match series title and episode title against folder structure and file name
 	SubstringFields(new SubstringMetric() {
@@ -259,9 +272,9 @@ public enum MatchSimilarityMetric implements SimilarityMetric {
 		// 4. pass: match by generic name similarity (slow, but most matches will have been determined in second pass)
 		// 5. pass: match by generic numeric similarity
 		if (includeFileMetrics) {
-			return new SimilarityMetric[] { FileSize, GeneralEpisodeIdentifier, StrictEpisodeIdentifier, SubstringFields, Name, Numeric };
+			return new SimilarityMetric[] { FileSize, EpisodeFunnel, EpisodeBalancer, SubstringFields, Name, Numeric };
 		} else {
-			return new SimilarityMetric[] { GeneralEpisodeIdentifier, StrictEpisodeIdentifier, SubstringFields, Name, Numeric };
+			return new SimilarityMetric[] { EpisodeFunnel, EpisodeBalancer, SubstringFields, Name, Numeric };
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/test/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetricTest.java b/test/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetricTest.java
index 63034de9..20d86ba9 100644
--- a/test/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetricTest.java
+++ b/test/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/rename/MatchSimilarityMetricTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class MatchSimilarityMetricTest {
 		episodes.add(new Episode("Veronica Mars", null, 1, 19, "Hot Dogs"));
 		episodes.add(new Episode("Greek", null, 1, 19, "No Campus for Old Rules"));
 		
-		SimilarityMetric[] metrics = new SimilarityMetric[] { GeneralEpisodeIdentifier, SubstringFields };
+		SimilarityMetric[] metrics = new SimilarityMetric[] { EpisodeIdentifier, SubstringFields };
 		List<Match<File, Episode>> m = new Matcher<File, Episode>(files, episodes, true, metrics).match();
 		
 		assertEquals("Greek - S01E19 - No Campus for Old Rules", m.get(0).getValue().getName());