diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e824d1705..c46628eff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ epg:
 `strip :  ["3840p", "uhd", "fhd", "hd", "sd", "4k", "plus", "raw"]`  this is the defualt
 `normalize_regex: [^a-zA-Z0-9\-]`   is the default
 
+The fuzzy matching tries to guess the EPG ID for a given channel. Some keys are generated based on the channel name for similarity search.
+When looking at playlists, it's common for a country prefix to be included in the name, such as `US:` or `FR|`.
+The `name_prefix_separator` defines the possible separator characters used to identify this part.
+For EPG IDs, the country code is typically added as a suffix, like cnn.us. This is controlled by the name_prefix attribute. 
+The `!suffix '.'` setting means: if a prefix is found, append it to the name using the given separator character (in this case, a dot).
+
 ```yaml
 # single epg
 url: 'https://localhost.com/epg.xml'
@@ -1029,9 +1035,10 @@ Attributes is a map of key value pairs. Valid keys are:
 - `id`
 - `epg_channel_id` or `epg_id`
 - `chno`
-- `name`
 - `group`
+- `name`
 - `title`
+- `caption` (for `title and `name`)
 - `logo`
 - `logo_small`
 - `parent_code`
@@ -1111,9 +1118,10 @@ If the regexps matches, the given fields will be prefixed to field value
 Attributes is a map of key value pairs. Valid keys and values are:
 - `id`
 - `chno`
-- `name`
 - `group`
+- `name`
 - `title`
+- `caption` (for `title and `name`)
 - `logo`
 - `logo_small`
 - `parent_code`
diff --git a/src/processing/processor/epg.rs b/src/processing/processor/epg.rs
index 43981cecd..c7ac18fda 100644
--- a/src/processing/processor/epg.rs
+++ b/src/processing/processor/epg.rs
@@ -141,11 +141,9 @@ fn assign_channel_epg(new_epg: &mut Vec<Epg>, fp: &mut FetchedPlaylist, id_cache
                     .map(|t| (t.get_attribute_value(EPG_ATTRIB_ID).unwrap(), t)).collect();
 
             let filter_live = |c: &&mut PlaylistItem| c.header.xtream_cluster == XtreamCluster::Live;
-            // let filter_missing_epg_id = |chan: &mut PlaylistItem| chan.header.epg_channel_id.is_none() || chan.header.logo.is_empty() || chan.header.logo_small.is_empty();
-            let filter_missing_epg_id = |chan: &&mut PlaylistItem| chan.header.epg_channel_id.is_none();
 
             let assign_values = |chan: &mut PlaylistItem| {
-                if id_cache.smart_match_enabled {
+                if id_cache.smart_match_enabled  && chan.header.epg_channel_id.is_none() {
                     // if the channel has no epg_id  or the epg_id is not present in xmltv/tvguide then we need to match one from existing tvguide
                     let not_processed = match &chan.header.epg_channel_id {
                         None => true,
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@ fn assign_channel_epg(new_epg: &mut Vec<Epg>, fp: &mut FetchedPlaylist, id_cache
             fp.playlistgroups.iter_mut()
                 .flat_map(|g| &mut g.channels)
                 .filter(filter_live)
-                .filter(filter_missing_epg_id)
                 .for_each(assign_values);
             new_epg.push(epg);
         }