diff --git a/tsvtools/cli.py b/tsvtools/cli.py
index a63d163..557e837 100644
--- a/tsvtools/cli.py
+++ b/tsvtools/cli.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def tsv2page(output_filename, keep_words, page_file, tsv_file):
     with open(output_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
         f.write(ET.tostring(tree, pretty_print=True).decode('utf-8'))
 
+
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('tsv-file', type=click.Path(exists=True), required=True, nargs=1)
 @click.argument('tsv-out-file', type=click.Path(), required=True, nargs=1)
@@ -209,7 +210,9 @@ def tsv2page(output_filename, keep_words, page_file, tsv_file):
 @click.option('--ned-json-file', type=str, default=None)
 @click.option('--noproxy', type=bool, is_flag=True, help='disable proxy. default: proxy is enabled.')
 @click.option('--ned-threshold', type=float, default=None)
-def find_entities(tsv_file, tsv_out_file, ner_rest_endpoint, ned_rest_endpoint, ned_json_file, noproxy, ned_threshold):
+@click.option('--ned-priority', type=int, default=2)
+def find_entities(tsv_file, tsv_out_file, ner_rest_endpoint, ned_rest_endpoint, ned_json_file, noproxy, ned_threshold,
+                  ned_priority):
 
     if noproxy:
         os.environ['no_proxy'] = '*'
@@ -236,7 +239,8 @@ def find_entities(tsv_file, tsv_out_file, ner_rest_endpoint, ned_rest_endpoint,
 
         if ned_rest_endpoint is not None:
 
-            tsv, ned_result = ned(tsv, ner_result, ned_rest_endpoint, json_file=ned_json_file, threshold=ned_threshold)
+            tsv, ned_result = ned(tsv, ner_result, ned_rest_endpoint, json_file=ned_json_file, threshold=ned_threshold,
+                                  priority=ned_priority)
 
             if ned_json_file is not None and not os.path.exists(ned_json_file):
 
diff --git a/tsvtools/ned.py b/tsvtools/ned.py
index 0c0761a..144c66b 100644
--- a/tsvtools/ned.py
+++ b/tsvtools/ned.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import requests
 import json
 
 
-def ned(tsv, ner_result, ned_rest_endpoint, json_file=None, threshold=None):
+def ned(tsv, ner_result, ned_rest_endpoint, json_file=None, threshold=None, priority=None):
 
     if json_file is not None and os.path.exists(json_file):
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ def ned(tsv, ner_result, ned_rest_endpoint, json_file=None, threshold=None):
 
         ned_rest_endpoint = ned_rest_endpoint + '/ned?return_full=' + str(int(json_file is not None)).lower()
 
+        if priority is not None:
+            ned_rest_endpoint += "&priority=" + str(int(priority))
+
         resp = requests.post(url=ned_rest_endpoint, json=ner_parsed, timeout=3600000)
 
         resp.raise_for_status()