diff --git a/encode_all b/encode_all
index 8ec85ff..75dbd0f 100755
--- a/encode_all
+++ b/encode_all
@@ -4,9 +4,24 @@
 ulimit -n "$(ulimit -Hn)"
 . env_parallel.bash
 
+function ts() {
+  date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M'
+}
+
+overwrite_all=true
+# overwrite_all=false
+debug_only=false
+# debug_only=true
+
 src_library="${HOME}/flac"
 output_dir="${HOME}/opus"
-log="${HOME}/encode_log_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M')"
+logdir="${HOME}/encoding_logs"
+[[ -d "$logdir" ]] || mkdir "$logdir"
+start_ts="$(ts)"
+log="${logdir}/${start_ts}_encoding_log"
+fixes="${logdir}/${start_ts}_fixes.sh"
+
+printf '#!/bin/bash\n# FIXES generated by library_works/encode_all\n\n' > "$fixes"
 
 function encode() {
   file="$1"
@@ -14,11 +29,16 @@ function encode() {
   # file is full original path + filename
   src_dir="$(dirname "$file")"
   file_name="$(basename "$file")"
-  final_dir="$(sed "s_${HOME}/flac_${HOME}/opus_" <<< "$src_dir")"
-  final_opus="$(sed -e 's/\.flac$/.opus/' -e "s_${HOME}/flac_${HOME}/opus_" <<< "$file")"
-  if [[ -f "$final_opus" ]]; then
+  output_dir="$(sed "s_${HOME}/flac_${HOME}/opus_" <<< "$src_dir")"
+  final_opus="$(sed \
+                -e 's/\.flac$/.opus/' \
+                -e "s_${HOME}/flac_${HOME}/opus_" <<< "$file")"
+
+  if [[ -f "$final_opus" && "$overwrite_all" == 'false' ]]; then
+    printf '%s exists, not reencoding\n' >> "$log"
     return
   fi
+
   unset tags
   unset dest_dir
 
@@ -27,36 +47,103 @@ function encode() {
     tag_type="$(cut -d= -f1 <<< "$line")"
     tag_type="${tag_type^^}"
     tag_val="$(cut -d= -f2- <<< "$line")"
+    # TODO: suggest fixes for lower case tags
     tags["$tag_type"]="$tag_val"
-  done < <(metaflac --list --block-type=VORBIS_COMMENT "$file" | grep 'comment\[' | cut -d: -f2- | sed 's/^ //')
-  album="$(basename "$final_dir")"
-  if [[ "$file_name" =~ ^D[0-9]+ ]]; then
-    disk="$(cut -d\  -f1 <<< "$file_name")"
-    tags[DISK]="${disk#D}"
+  done < <(metaflac --list --block-type='VORBIS_COMMENT' "$file" | \
+           grep 'comment\[' | \
+           cut -d: -f2- | \
+           sed 's/^ //')
+  album="$(basename "$output_dir")"
+
+  album_dir_date="${album%% *}"
+  album_dir_date_valid='true'
+  if [[ ! "$album_dir_date" =~ ^[-0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    printf '%s invalid album date extracted from album directory name: %s\n' "$file" "$album_dir_date" >> "$log"
+    album_dir_date_valid='false'
   fi
-  declare -a tag_ensure
-  tag_ensure=( TRACKNUMBER TITLE DATE ALBUM ARTIST )
-  for tag_type in "${tag_ensure[@]}"; do
-    if [[ -z "${tags[$tag_type]}" ]]; then
-      tags[$tag_type]="missing $tag_type"
+
+  # FLAC tags to read in order: DATE RELEASEDATE YEAR
+  album_flac_date_valid='false'
+  for date_tag in DATE RELEASEDATE YEAR; do
+    album_flac_date="${tags[$date_tag]}"
+    if [[ "$album_flac_date" =~ ^[-0-9]+$ ]]; then
+      album_flac_date_valid='true'
+      break
     fi
   done
 
-  [[ -d "$final_dir" ]] || mkdir -p "$final_dir"
-  if [[ -n "${tags[DISK]}" ]]; then
-    err="$(opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures \
-         --title "${tags[TITLE]}" --artist "${tags[ARTIST]}" \
-         --album "${tags[ALBUM]}" --tracknumber "${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}" \
-         --date "${tags[DATE]}" --comment "DISK=${tags[DISK]}" "$file" "$final_opus" 2>&1)"
+  if [[ "$album_flac_date_valid" == 'false' ]]; then
+    [[ -n "$album_flac_date" ]] && printf '%s invalid album date extracted from flac data: %s\n' "$file" "$album_flac_date" >> "$log"
+    [[ ! -n "$album_flac_date" ]] && printf '%s no album date extracted from flac data\n' "$file" >> "$log"
+  fi
+
+  album_date='unknown'
+  if [[ "$album_dir_date_valid" && ! "$album_flac_date_valid" ]]; then
+    printf '%s invalid flac tag date\n' >> "$log"
+    album_date="$album_dir_date"
+    if [[ "$file" != *\'* ]]; then
+      printf "metaflac --set-tag=DATE='%s' '%s'" "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+    elif [[ "$file" != *\"* && "$file" == *\'* ]]; then
+      printf 'metaflac --set-tag=DATE="%s" "%s"' "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+    elif [[ "$file" == *\"* && "$file" == *\'* ]]; then
+      printf "# metaflac --set-tag=DATE='%s' '%s'" "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+      printf '# cant quote\n' >> "$fixes"
+    fi
+    [[ -n "$album_flac_date" ]] && printf "# old tag: '%s'\n" "$album_flac_date" >> "$fixes"
+    [[ -z "$album_flac_date" ]] && printf "# no old tag\n" >> "$fixes"
+  elif [[ ! "$album_dir_date_valid" && "$album_flac_date_valid" ]]; then
+    printf '%s invalid album dir date\n' "$file" >> "$log"
+    album_date="$album_flac_date"
+  elif [[ "$album_dir_date_valid" && "$album_flac_date_valid" ]]; then
+    album_dir_date_length="$(wc -c <<< "$album_dir_date")"
+    album_flac_date_length="$(wc -c <<< "$album_flac_date")"
+    if [[ "$album_dir_date_length" -gt "$album_flac_date_length" ]]; then
+      printf '%s has a longer date set in album dir name\n' "$file" >> "$log"
+      album_date="$album_dir_date"
+      if [[ "$file" != *\'* ]]; then
+        printf "metaflac --set-tag=DATE='%s' '%s'" "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+      elif [[ "$file" != *\"* && "$file" == *\'* ]]; then
+        printf 'metaflac --set-tag=DATE="%s" "%s"' "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+      elif [[ "$file" == *\"* && "$file" == *\'* ]]; then
+        printf "# metaflac --set-tag=DATE='%s' '%s'" "$album_date" "$file" >> "$fixes"
+        printf '# cant quote\n' >> "$fixes"
+      fi
+      printf "# old tag: '%s'\n" "$album_flac_date" >> "$fixes"
+    else
+      printf '%s has a longer date set in flac tag\n' "$file" >> "$log"
+      album_date="$album_flac_date"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$file_name" =~ ^D[0-9]+ ]]; then
+    disk="$(cut -d\  -f1 <<< "$file_name")"
+    tags['DISK']="${disk#D}"
+  fi
+  declare -a tag_ensure
+  tag_ensure=( 'TRACKNUMBER' 'TITLE' 'ALBUM' 'ARTIST' )
+  for tag_type in "${tag_ensure[@]}"; do
+    if [[ -z "${tags["$tag_type"]}" ]]; then
+      printf '%s is missing tag: %s\n' "$file" "$tag_type" >> "$log"
+      tags["$tag_type"]="missing $tag_type"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  [[ -d "$output_dir" ]] || mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+  tag_flags=(
+      '--title' "${tags['TITLE']}"
+      '--artist' "${tags['ARTIST']}"
+      '--album' "${tags['ALBUM']}"
+      '--tracknumber' "${tags['TRACKNUMBER']}"
+      '--date' "${album_date}")
+  [[ -n "${tags[DISK]}" ]] && tag_flags+=('--comment' "DISK=${tags['DISK']}")
+  if [[ "$debug_only" == 'false' ]]; then
+    err="$(opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures "${tag_flags[@]}"  "$file" "$final_opus" 2>&1)"
   else
-    err="$(opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures \
-         --title "${tags[TITLE]}" --artist "${tags[ARTIST]}" \
-         --album "${tags[ALBUM]}" --tracknumber "${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}" \
-         --date "${tags[DATE]}" "$file" "$final_opus" 2>&1)"
+    echo opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures "${tag_flags[@]}"  "$file" "$final_opus"
   fi
   if [[ -n "$err" ]]; then
     printf '%s\n' "$err" >> "$log"
   fi
 }
 
-time find "$src_library" -type f -name '*.flac' -print0 | env_parallel -P 0 -0 --bar encode {}
+find "$src_library" -type f -name '*.flac' -print0 | env_parallel -P 0 -0 --bar encode {}