diff --git a/vocabsieve/config/general_tab.py b/vocabsieve/config/general_tab.py
index 9cda669..fba68c0 100644
--- a/vocabsieve/config/general_tab.py
+++ b/vocabsieve/config/general_tab.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import json
 from bidict import bidict
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel, QComboBox, QLineEdit, QPushButton, QCheckBox, QFormLayout
-from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal
+from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, QRegExp
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QRegExpValidator
 from .base_tab import BaseTab
 from ..constants import langcodes
 from .dictmanager import DictManager
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ def initWidgets(self):
             "\nfor frequency lists from Migaku. ")
         self.bold_word = QCheckBox("Bold selected word")
         self.audio_format = QComboBox()
+        self.preferred_accent = QLineEdit()
+        self.preferred_accent.setValidator(QRegExpValidator(QRegExp("[a-z]{2}")))
         self.freq_source = QComboBox()
         self.gtrans_lang = QComboBox()
         self.web_preset = QComboBox()
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ def setupLayout(self):
         layout.addRow(QLabel("Forvo audio format"), self.audio_format)
         layout.addRow(QLabel("<i>◊ Choose mp3 for playing on iOS, "
                              "but ogg may save space</i>"))
+        layout.addRow(QLabel("Forvo preferred accent"), self.preferred_accent)
+        layout.addRow(QLabel("<i>Will prefer provided accent by sorting it to the top of the pronunciations list</i>"))
+        layout.addRow(QLabel("<i>Pronunciations have an accent in brackets e.g. yelkoastur(es)/gracias</i>"))
         layout.addRow(QLabel("Frequency list"), self.freq_source)
         layout.addRow(self.lemfreq)
         layout.addRow(
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ def setupAutosave(self):
             'en',
             code_translate=True)
         self.register_config_handler(self.audio_format, 'audio_format', 'mp3')
+        self.register_config_handler(self.preferred_accent, 'preferred_accent', '')
         self.register_config_handler(self.lemfreq, 'lemfreq', True)
 
         self.register_config_handler(
diff --git a/vocabsieve/sources/forvo_audio_source.py b/vocabsieve/sources/forvo_audio_source.py
index 606cfba..5a93bae 100644
--- a/vocabsieve/sources/forvo_audio_source.py
+++ b/vocabsieve/sources/forvo_audio_source.py
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ class PronunciationList:
 
 
 class Forvo:
-    def __init__(self, word, lang, accent=""):
+    def __init__(self, word, lang):
         self.url = "https://forvo.com/word/" + quote(word)
         self.pronunciations = []
         self.session = requests.Session()
         self.language = lang
-        self.accent = accent
 
     def get_pronunciations(self):
         res = cached_get(self.url, forvo_headers=True)
@@ -64,11 +63,6 @@ def get_pronunciations(self):
             filter(
                 lambda el: el.language == self.language,
                 available_pronunciations_lists))
-        if self.accent:
-            available_pronunciations_lists = list(
-                filter(
-                    lambda el: el.accent == self.accent,
-                    available_pronunciations_lists))
 
         for l in available_pronunciations_lists:
             pronunciation_item = l.pronunciation_list
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ def get_pronunciations(self):
                                                  )
 
             self.pronunciations.append(pronunciation_object)
-        self.pronunciations = sorted(self.pronunciations, key=lambda x: x.votes, reverse=True)
+        self.pronunciations = sorted(self.pronunciations, key=lambda x: (x.accent != settings.value("preferred_accent", ""), -x.votes)) # Non-matching accents after, then sort by votes descending
         return self