diff --git a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
index ccc6ea798..08065b809 100644
--- a/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
+++ b/src/tagreader/tagreadertaglib.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ bool TagReaderTagLib::SaveFileWithFallback(const QString &filename, const std::f
       return false;
     }
 
+    // Apply modifications using the callback
+    if (!save_function(fileref.get())) {
+      qLog(Error) << "Failed to apply modifications to file" << filename;
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Try direct save first
     if (fileref->save()) {
       qLog(Debug) << "Successfully saved file directly" << filename;
       return true;
@@ -2181,8 +2188,6 @@ TagReaderResult TagReaderTagLib::SaveSongRating(const QString &filename, const f
 
   return success ? TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Success : TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileSaveError;
 
-  return success ? TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::Success : TagReaderResult::ErrorCode::FileSaveError;
-
 }
 
 TagLib::String TagReaderTagLib::TagLibStringListToSlashSeparatedString(const TagLib::StringList &taglib_string_list, const uint begin_index) {