diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/__init__.py
index 7ecd29b7..c68ada07 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ config = [{
                     'label': 'Ignored words',
                     'default': 'german, dutch, french, truefrench, danish, swedish, spanish, italian, korean, dubbed, swesub, korsub',
                 },
+                {
+                    'name': 'preferred_method',
+                    'label': 'Preferred download method',
+                    'default': 'both',
+                    'type': 'dropdown',
+                    'values': [('usenet & torrents', 'both'), ('usenet', 'usenet'), ('torrents', 'torrents')],
+                },
             ],
         }, {
             'tab': 'searcher',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
index ced3aecc..22f297aa 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/searcher/main.py
@@ -104,7 +104,25 @@ class Searcher(Plugin):
 
                 log.info('Search for %s in %s', (default_title, quality_type['quality']['label']))
                 quality = fireEvent('quality.single', identifier = quality_type['quality']['identifier'], single = True)
-                results = fireEvent('yarr.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+
+                download_preference = self.conf('preferred_method')
+                if download_preference == 'torrents':
+                    log.info('First searching torrents')
+                    results = fireEvent('torrent.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+                    if not results:
+                        log.info('No results from torrents, searching usenet')
+                        results = fireEvent('nzb.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+
+                elif download_preference == 'usenet':
+                    log.info('First searching usenet')
+                    results = fireEvent('nzb.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+                    if not results:
+                        log.info('No results from usenet, searching torrents')
+                        results = fireEvent('torrent.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+
+                else:
+                    results = fireEvent('yarr.search', movie, quality, merge = True)
+
                 sorted_results = sorted(results, key = lambda k: k['score'], reverse = True)
                 if len(sorted_results) == 0:
                     log.debug('Nothing found for %s in %s', (default_title, quality_type['quality']['label']))