diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/Planetiler.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/Planetiler.java
index e0c8c4dff4..5bed350a84 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/Planetiler.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/Planetiler.java
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ public void run() throws Exception {
       Wikidata.fetch(osmInputFile(), wikidataNamesFile, config(), profile(), stats());
     }
     if (useWikidata) {
-      translations().addTranslationProvider(Wikidata.load(wikidataNamesFile));
+      translations().addFallbackTranslationProvider(Wikidata.load(wikidataNamesFile));
     }
     if (onlyDownloadSources || onlyFetchWikidata) {
       return; // exit only if just fetching wikidata or downloading sources
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/Translations.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/Translations.java
index 72afc2306f..c06a0fcec1 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/Translations.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/Translations.java
@@ -45,14 +45,25 @@ public static Translations nullProvider(List<String> languages) {
    * @param languages the set of 2-letter language codes to limit output translations to
    */
   public static Translations defaultProvider(List<String> languages) {
-    return nullProvider(languages).addTranslationProvider(new OsmTranslationProvider());
+    return nullProvider(languages).addFallbackTranslationProvider(new OsmTranslationProvider());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Mutates this translation instance to add {@code provider} which will be used before all other providers.
+   *
+   * @deprecated
+   */
+  @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
+  public Translations addTranslationProvider(TranslationProvider provider) {
+    providers.add(0, provider);
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
    * Mutates this translation instance to add {@code provider} which will be used only if all existing providers fail to
    * produce a translation for a given language.
    */
-  public Translations addTranslationProvider(TranslationProvider provider) {
+  public Translations addFallbackTranslationProvider(TranslationProvider provider) {
     providers.add(provider);
     return this;
   }
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ public void addTranslations(Map<String, Object> output, Map<String, Object> inpu
         for (var entry : translations.entrySet()) {
           String key = entry.getKey();
           if (languageSet.contains(key)) {
-            output.put(key.startsWith("name:") ? key : "name:" + key, entry.getValue());
+            output.putIfAbsent(key.startsWith("name:") ? key : "name:" + key, entry.getValue());
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/TranslationsTest.java b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/TranslationsTest.java
index 5f2156e0e8..14291c8d8c 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/TranslationsTest.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/test/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/util/TranslationsTest.java
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ void testDefaultProvider() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void testTwoProviders() {
+  void testTwoProvidersPrefersFirst() {
     var translations = Translations.defaultProvider(List.of("en", "es", "de"))
-      .addTranslationProvider(elem -> Map.of("name:de", "de2", "name:en", "en2"));
-    assertEquals(Map.of("name:en", "en2", "name:es", "es1", "name:de", "de2"),
+      .addFallbackTranslationProvider(elem -> Map.of("name:de", "de2", "name:en", "en2"));
+    assertEquals(Map.of("name:en", "en1", "name:es", "es1", "name:de", "de2"),
       translations.getTranslations(Map.of("name:en", "en1", "name:es", "es1")));
   }
 
+
   @Test
   void testTransliterate() {
     assertEquals("rì běn", Translations.transliterate("日本"));