diff --git a/comictaggerlib/main.py b/comictaggerlib/main.py
index 8a00236..883603b 100755
--- a/comictaggerlib/main.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/main.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def ctmain():
 			app.processEvents()
 	
 		try:			
-			tagger_window = TaggerWindow( opts.file_list, settings )
+			tagger_window = TaggerWindow( opts.file_list, settings, opts=opts )
 			tagger_window.show()
 
 			if platform.system() != "Linux":
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
index b0d23bf..5391f25 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TaggerWindow( QtGui.QMainWindow):
 	appName = "ComicTagger"
 	version = ctversion.version
 	
-	def __init__(self, file_list, settings, parent = None):
+	def __init__(self, file_list, settings, parent = None, opts=None):
 		super(TaggerWindow, self).__init__(parent)
 
 		uic.loadUi(ComicTaggerSettings.getUIFile('taggerwindow.ui' ), self)
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ class TaggerWindow( QtGui.QMainWindow):
 		
 		self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon( ComicTaggerSettings.getGraphic('app.png')))
 
+		if opts is not None and opts.data_style is not None and opts.data_style != MetaDataStyle.COMET:
+			#respect the command line option tag type
+			settings.last_selected_save_data_style = opts.data_style
+			settings.last_selected_load_data_style = opts.data_style
+
 		self.save_data_style = settings.last_selected_save_data_style
 		self.load_data_style = settings.last_selected_load_data_style