diff --git a/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js b/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
index e806923f..74777efe 100755
--- a/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
+++ b/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ exports.up = (knex) => Promise.resolve()
 		table.integer('age', 3);
 
 		table.text('gender', 18);
+		table.text('orientation');
 		table.text('description');
 
 		table.text('birth_city');
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ exports.up = (knex) => Promise.resolve()
 
 		table.text('real_name');
 		table.text('gender', 18);
+		table.text('orientation');
 
 		table.date('date_of_birth');
 		table.date('date_of_death');
diff --git a/migrations/20230629052143_actor_orientation.js b/migrations/20230629052143_actor_orientation.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a2240ac..00000000
--- a/migrations/20230629052143_actor_orientation.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-exports.up = async (knex) => {
-	await knex.schema.alterTable('actors', (table) => {
-		table.text('orientation');
-	});
-
-	await knex.schema.alterTable('actors_profiles', (table) => {
-		table.text('orientation');
-	});
-};
-
-exports.down = async (knex) => {
-	await knex.schema.alterTable('actors', (table) => {
-		table.dropColumn('orientation');
-	});
-
-	await knex.schema.alterTable('actors_profiles', (table) => {
-		table.dropColumn('orientation');
-	});
-};
diff --git a/src/argv.js b/src/argv.js
index 4eea7970..873501ab 100755
--- a/src/argv.js
+++ b/src/argv.js
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ const { argv } = yargs
 		type: 'string',
 		default: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'silly' : 'info',
 	})
+	.option('prefer-entity', {
+		alias: 'prefer',
+		describe: 'Prefer network or channel when resolving entities with the same identifier.',
+		choices: ['channel', 'network'],
+		type: 'string',
+	})
 	.option('resolve-place', {
 		describe: 'Call OSM Nominatim API for actor place of birth and residence. Raw value discarded if disabled.',
 		type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/entities.js b/src/entities.js
index e1d252c7..9e06d8f0 100755
--- a/src/entities.js
+++ b/src/entities.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ async function fetchIncludedEntities() {
 	return curatedNetworks;
 }
 
-async function fetchEntitiesBySlug(entitySlugs, sort = 'asc') {
+async function fetchEntitiesBySlug(entitySlugs, prefer = 'channel') {
 	const entities = await knex.raw(`
 		WITH RECURSIVE entity_tree as (
 			SELECT to_jsonb(entities) as entity,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ async function fetchEntitiesBySlug(entitySlugs, sort = 'asc') {
 	`, {
 		entitySlugs: entitySlugs.filter((slug) => !slug.includes('.')),
 		entityHosts: entitySlugs.filter((slug) => slug.includes('.')).map((hostname) => `%${hostname}%`),
-		sort: knex.raw(sort),
+		sort: knex.raw(prefer === 'channel' ? 'asc' : 'desc'),
 	});
 
 	// channel entity will overwrite network entity
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ async function fetchReleaseEntities(baseReleases) {
 			.filter(Boolean),
 	));
 
-	return fetchEntitiesBySlug(entitySlugs, 'desc');
+	return fetchEntitiesBySlug(entitySlugs, argv.prefer || 'network');
 }
 
 async function fetchEntity(entityId, type) {