diff --git a/comicapi/comicarchive.py b/comicapi/comicarchive.py
index 3842d21..129688e 100644
--- a/comicapi/comicarchive.py
+++ b/comicapi/comicarchive.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import zipfile
 
 import natsort
 import py7zr
+import wordninja
 
 try:
     from unrar.cffi import rarfile
@@ -1134,12 +1135,17 @@ class ComicArchive:
         remove_c2c: bool = False,
         remove_fcbd: bool = False,
         remove_publisher: bool = False,
+        split_words: bool = False,
     ) -> GenericMetadata:
 
         metadata = GenericMetadata()
 
+        filename = self.path.name
+        if split_words:
+            filename = " ".join(wordninja.split(self.path.stem)) + self.path.suffix
+
         if complicated_parser:
-            lex = filenamelexer.Lex(self.path.name)
+            lex = filenamelexer.Lex(filename)
             p = filenameparser.Parse(
                 lex.items, remove_c2c=remove_c2c, remove_fcbd=remove_fcbd, remove_publisher=remove_publisher
             )
@@ -1159,7 +1165,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
                 metadata.format = "Annual"
         else:
             fnp = filenameparser.FileNameParser()
-            fnp.parse_filename(str(self.path))
+            fnp.parse_filename(filename)
 
             if fnp.issue:
                 metadata.issue = fnp.issue
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/autotagstartwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/autotagstartwindow.py
index c178921..41937b6 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/autotagstartwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/autotagstartwindow.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class AutoTagStartWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.cbxRemoveAfterSuccess.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.CheckState.Unchecked)
         self.cbxSpecifySearchString.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.CheckState.Unchecked)
         self.cbxAutoImprint.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.CheckState.Unchecked)
+        self.cbxSplitWords.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
         self.leNameLengthMatchTolerance.setText(str(self.settings.id_length_delta_thresh))
         self.leSearchString.setEnabled(False)
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class AutoTagStartWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.wait_and_retry_on_rate_limit = False
         self.search_string = ""
         self.name_length_match_tolerance = self.settings.id_length_delta_thresh
+        self.split_words = self.cbxSplitWords.isChecked()
 
     def search_string_toggle(self) -> None:
         enable = self.cbxSpecifySearchString.isChecked()
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ class AutoTagStartWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.remove_after_success = self.cbxRemoveAfterSuccess.isChecked()
         self.name_length_match_tolerance = int(self.leNameLengthMatchTolerance.text())
         self.wait_and_retry_on_rate_limit = self.cbxWaitForRateLimit.isChecked()
+        self.splitWords = self.cbxSplitWords.isChecked()
 
         # persist some settings
         self.settings.save_on_low_confidence = self.auto_save_on_low
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/cli.py b/comictaggerlib/cli.py
index 9482446..409392b 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/cli.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/cli.py
@@ -185,7 +185,11 @@ def create_local_metadata(
     # now, overlay the parsed filename info
     if opts.parse_filename:
         f_md = ca.metadata_from_filename(
-            settings.complicated_parser, settings.remove_c2c, settings.remove_fcbd, settings.remove_publisher
+            settings.complicated_parser,
+            settings.remove_c2c,
+            settings.remove_fcbd,
+            settings.remove_publisher,
+            opts.split_words,
         )
         if opts.overwrite_metadata:
             md = f_md
@@ -193,7 +197,8 @@ def create_local_metadata(
             md.overlay(f_md)
 
     if has_desired_tags:
-        md = ca.read_metadata(opts.data_style if opts.data_style is not None else 0)
+        t_md = ca.read_metadata(opts.data_style if opts.data_style is not None else 0)
+        md.overlay(t_md)
 
     # finally, use explicit stuff
     if opts.overwrite_metadata and not opts.metadata.is_empty:
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/options.py b/comictaggerlib/options.py
index 79e9413..4e9247c 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/options.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/options.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ If no options are given, {0} will run in windowed mode.
 -f, --parsefilename         Parse the filename to get some info,
                             specifically series name, issue number,
                             volume, and publication year.
+    --split-words           Splits words before parsing the filename.
+                            e.g. 'judgedredd' to 'judge dredd'
 -i, --interactive           Interactively query the user when there are
                             multiple matches for an online search.
     --nosummary             Suppress the default summary after a save
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ For more help visit the wiki at: https://github.com/comictagger/comictagger/wiki
         self.copy_source: Optional[int] = None
         self.config_path = ""
         self.overwrite_metadata = False
+        self.split_words = False
 
     def display_msg_and_quit(self, msg: Optional[str], code: int, show_help: bool = False) -> None:
         appname = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ For more help visit the wiki at: https://github.com/comictagger/comictagger/wiki
                     "darkmode",
                     "config=",
                     "overwrite",
+                    "split-words",
                 ],
             )
 
@@ -352,6 +356,8 @@ For more help visit the wiki at: https://github.com/comictagger/comictagger/wiki
                 self.abort_export_on_conflict = True
             if o in ("-f", "--parsefilename"):
                 self.parse_filename = True
+            if o == "--split-words":
+                self.split_words = True
             if o in ("-w", "--wait-on-cv-rate-limit"):
                 self.wait_and_retry_on_rate_limit = True
             if o == "--config":
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
index 42d5f0f..8a1960f 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ Have fun!
         self.actionParse_Filename.setStatusTip("Try to extract tags from filename")
         self.actionParse_Filename.triggered.connect(self.use_filename)
 
+        self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setShortcut("Ctrl+Shift+F")
+        self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setStatusTip("Try to extract tags from filename and split words")
+        self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.triggered.connect(self.use_filename_split)
+
         self.actionSearchOnline.setShortcut("Ctrl+W")
         self.actionSearchOnline.setStatusTip("Search online for tags")
         self.actionSearchOnline.triggered.connect(self.query_online)
@@ -399,6 +403,7 @@ Have fun!
         self.actionLoadFolder.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("longbox.png")))
         self.actionWrite_Tags.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("save.png")))
         self.actionParse_Filename.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("parse.png")))
+        self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("parse.png")))
         self.actionSearchOnline.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("search.png")))
         self.actionAutoIdentify.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("auto.png")))
         self.actionAutoTag.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(ComicTaggerSettings.get_graphic("autotag.png")))
@@ -572,7 +577,7 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
                 self.settings.complicated_parser,
                 self.settings.remove_c2c,
                 self.settings.remove_fcbd,
-                remove_publisher=self.settings.remove_publisher,
+                self.settings.remove_publisher,
             )
         if len(self.metadata.pages) == 0 and self.comic_archive is not None:
             self.metadata.set_default_page_list(self.comic_archive.get_number_of_pages())
@@ -609,6 +614,7 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
         self.actionViewRawCBLTags.setEnabled(False)
         self.actionViewRawCRTags.setEnabled(False)
         self.actionParse_Filename.setEnabled(False)
+        self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setEnabled(False)
         self.actionAutoIdentify.setEnabled(False)
         self.actionRename.setEnabled(False)
         self.actionApplyCBLTransform.setEnabled(False)
@@ -620,6 +626,7 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
             has_cbi = self.comic_archive.has_cbi()
 
             self.actionParse_Filename.setEnabled(True)
+            self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setEnabled(True)
             self.actionAutoIdentify.setEnabled(True)
             self.actionAutoTag.setEnabled(True)
             self.actionRename.setEnabled(True)
@@ -942,6 +949,9 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
         self.metadata = md
 
     def use_filename(self) -> None:
+        self._use_filename()
+
+    def _use_filename(self, split_words: bool = False) -> None:
         if self.comic_archive is not None:
             # copy the form onto metadata object
             self.form_to_metadata()
@@ -949,12 +959,16 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
                 self.settings.complicated_parser,
                 self.settings.remove_c2c,
                 self.settings.remove_fcbd,
-                remove_publisher=self.settings.remove_publisher,
+                self.settings.remove_publisher,
+                split_words,
             )
             if new_metadata is not None:
                 self.metadata.overlay(new_metadata)
                 self.metadata_to_form()
 
+    def use_filename_split(self) -> None:
+        self._use_filename(True)
+
     def select_folder(self) -> None:
         self.select_file(folder_mode=True)
 
@@ -1676,7 +1690,8 @@ Please choose options below, and select OK.
                 self.settings.complicated_parser,
                 self.settings.remove_c2c,
                 self.settings.remove_fcbd,
-                remove_publisher=self.settings.remove_publisher,
+                self.settings.remove_publisher,
+                dlg.split_words,
             )
             if dlg.ignore_leading_digits_in_filename and md.series is not None:
                 # remove all leading numbers
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/ui/autotagstartwindow.ui b/comictaggerlib/ui/autotagstartwindow.ui
index 7bbe128..f2d252c 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/ui/autotagstartwindow.ui
+++ b/comictaggerlib/ui/autotagstartwindow.ui
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>519</width>
-    <height>378</height>
+    <height>440</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-     <item row="8" column="0">
+     <item row="9" column="0">
       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbxSpecifySearchString">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
@@ -149,7 +149,20 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="11" column="0">
+     <item row="8" column="0">
+      <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbxSplitWords">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Split words in filenames (e.g. 'judgedredd' to 'judge dredd') (Experimental)</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="12" column="0">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="leNameLengthMatchTolerance">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="9" column="0">
+     <item row="10" column="0">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="leSearchString">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
@@ -175,7 +188,7 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="10" column="0">
+     <item row="11" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui b/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
index 2dc7c01..c8981e7 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
+++ b/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionClearEntryForm"/>
     <addaction name="actionParse_Filename"/>
+    <addaction name="actionParse_Filename_split_words"/>
     <addaction name="actionSearchOnline"/>
     <addaction name="actionAutoIdentify"/>
     <addaction name="actionAutoImprint"/>
@@ -1446,6 +1447,14 @@
     <string>Normalize the publisher and map imprints to their parent publisher (e.g. Vertigo is an imprint of DC Comics)</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionParse_Filename_split_words">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Parse Filename and split words</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="toolTip">
+    <string>Parse Filename and split words</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>