diff --git a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_handles.py b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_handles.py
index 104a60d02c..03652989b8 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_handles.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_handles.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CollectClipHandles(api.ContextPlugin):
                     })
 
         for instance in filtered_instances:
-            if not instance.data.get("main") or not instance.data.get("handleTag"):
+            if not instance.data.get("main") and not instance.data.get("handleTag"):
                 self.log.debug("Synchronize handles on: `{}`".format(
                     instance.data["name"]))
                 name = instance.data["asset"]
diff --git a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_types.py b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_main.py
similarity index 86%
rename from pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_types.py
rename to pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_main.py
index fad9e54735..36d9b95554 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_types.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nukestudio/publish/collect_tag_main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class CollectClipTagTypes(api.InstancePlugin):
     """Collect Types from Tags of selected track items."""
 
     order = api.CollectorOrder + 0.012
-    label = "Collect Plate Type from Tag"
+    label = "Collect main flag"
     hosts = ["nukestudio"]
     families = ['clip']
 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class CollectClipTagTypes(api.InstancePlugin):
                     t_subset.capitalize())
 
                 if "plateMain" in subset_name:
-                    instance.data["main"] = True
+                    if not instance.data.get("main"):
+                        instance.data["main"] = True
                     self.log.info("`plateMain` found in instance.name: `{}`".format(
                         instance.data["name"]))
         return