diff --git a/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Build.cs b/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Build.cs
index c268fb05..4036ab7c 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Build.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Helper/Data/Build.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ Options:
 		-b, --bare		Don't include date in automatic name
 		-c, --cascade		Enable cascaded diffing
 			-ip, --inplace		Enable inplace, cascaded diff
+			-sf, --skip		Skip output of first DAT
 	-gn=, --game-name=	Filter by game name
 	-rn=, --rom-name=	Filter by rom name
 	-rt=, --rom-type=	Filter by rom type
diff --git a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
index 7a0dee82..e102123b 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Helper/Tools/DatTools.cs
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 		/// <param name="diff">True if the input files should be diffed with each other, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="cascade">True if the diffed files should be cascade diffed, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="inplace">True if the cascade-diffed files should overwrite their inputs, false otherwise</param>
+		/// <param name="skip">True if the first cascaded diff file should be skipped on output, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="bare">True if the date should not be appended to the default name, false otherwise [OBSOLETE]</param>
 		/// <param name="clean">True to clean the game names to WoD standard, false otherwise (default)</param>
 		/// <param name="softlist">True to allow SL DATs to have game names used instead of descriptions, false otherwise (default)</param>
@@ -1540,8 +1541,8 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 		/// <param name="root">String representing root directory to compare against for length calculation</param>
 		/// <param name="logger">Logging object for console and file output</param>
 		public static void Update(List<string> inputFileNames, Dat datdata, string outputDirectory, bool merge, bool diff, bool cascade, bool inplace,
-			bool bare, bool clean, bool softlist, string gamename, string romname, string romtype, long sgt, long slt, long seq, string crc, string md5,
-			string sha1, bool? nodump, bool trim, bool single, string root, Logger logger)
+			bool skip, bool bare, bool clean, bool softlist, string gamename, string romname, string romtype, long sgt, long slt, long seq, string crc,
+			string md5, string sha1, bool? nodump, bool trim, bool single, string root, Logger logger)
 		{
 			// If we're in merging or diffing mode, use the full list of inputs
 			if (merge || diff)
@@ -1601,7 +1602,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 				// If we're in cascade and diff, output only cascaded diffs
 				else if (diff && cascade)
 				{
-					DiffCascade(outputDirectory, inplace, userData, newInputFileNames, datHeaders, logger);
+					DiffCascade(outputDirectory, inplace, userData, newInputFileNames, datHeaders, skip, logger);
 				}
 				// Output all entries with user-defined merge
 				else
@@ -2049,8 +2050,9 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 		/// <param name="userData">Main DatData to draw information from</param>
 		/// <param name="inputs">List of inputs to write out from</param>
 		/// <param name="datHeaders">Dat headers used optionally</param>
+		/// <param name="skip">True if the first cascaded diff file should be skipped on output, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="logger">Logging object for console and file output</param>
-		public static void DiffCascade(string outdir, bool inplace, Dat userData, List<string> inputs, List<Dat> datHeaders, Logger logger)
+		public static void DiffCascade(string outdir, bool inplace, Dat userData, List<string> inputs, List<Dat> datHeaders, bool skip, Logger logger)
 		{
 			string post = "";
 
@@ -2085,6 +2087,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 			start = DateTime.Now;
 			logger.User("Populating all output DATs");
 			List<string> keys = userData.Roms.Keys.ToList();
+
 			foreach (string key in keys)
 			{
 				List<Rom> roms = RomTools.Merge(userData.Roms[key], logger);
@@ -2111,7 +2114,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Helper
 			// Finally, loop through and output each of the DATs
 			start = DateTime.Now;
 			logger.User("Outputting all created DATs");
-			for (int j = 0; j < inputs.Count; j++)
+			for (int j = (skip ? 1 : 0); j < inputs.Count; j++)
 			{
 				// If we have an output directory set, replace the path
 				string path = "";
diff --git a/SabreTools/Partials/SabreTools_Inits.cs b/SabreTools/Partials/SabreTools_Inits.cs
index 6325c52a..ef5f9935 100644
--- a/SabreTools/Partials/SabreTools_Inits.cs
+++ b/SabreTools/Partials/SabreTools_Inits.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ namespace SabreTools
 		/// <param name="diff">True if the input files should be diffed with each other, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="cascade">True if the diffed files should be cascade diffed, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="inplace">True if the cascade-diffed files should overwrite their inputs, false otherwise</param>
+		/// <param name="skip">True if the first cascaded diff file should be skipped on output, false otherwise</param>
 		/// <param name="bare">True if the date should not be appended to the default name, false otherwise [OBSOLETE]</param>
 		/// /* Filtering info */
 		/// <param name="gamename">Name of the game to match (can use asterisk-partials)</param>
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ namespace SabreTools
 			bool diff,
 			bool cascade,
 			bool inplace,
+			bool skip,
 			bool bare,
 
 			/* Filtering info */
@@ -319,31 +321,31 @@ namespace SabreTools
 			if (outputCMP)
 			{
 				userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.ClrMamePro;
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 			if (outputMiss)
 			{
 				userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.MissFile;
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 			if (outputRC)
 			{
 				userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.RomCenter;
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 			if (outputSD)
 			{
 				userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.SabreDat;
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 			if (outputXML)
 			{
 				userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.Xml;
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 			if (!outputCMP && !outputMiss && !outputRC && !outputSD && !outputXML)
@@ -352,7 +354,7 @@ namespace SabreTools
 				{
 					userInputDat.OutputFormat = OutputFormat.Xml;
 				}
-				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, clean, softlist,
+				DatTools.Update(inputs, userInputDat, outdir, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, clean, softlist,
 					gamename, romname, romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, _logger);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/SabreTools/SabreTools.cs b/SabreTools/SabreTools.cs
index 49c4c4c8..53a9c8c9 100644
--- a/SabreTools/SabreTools.cs
+++ b/SabreTools/SabreTools.cs
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ namespace SabreTools
 					case "--superdat":
 						superdat = true;
 						break;
+					case "-sf":
+					case "--skip":
+						skip = true;
+						break;
 					case "-si":
 					case "--single":
 						single = true;
@@ -359,9 +363,6 @@ namespace SabreTools
 					case "--stats":
 						stats = true;
 						break;
-					case "--skip":
-						skip = true;
-						break;
 					case "-trim":
 						trim = true;
 						break;
@@ -573,12 +574,6 @@ namespace SabreTools
 				}
 			}
 
-			// If skip is set, it's being called from the UI so we just exit
-			if (skip)
-			{
-				return;
-			}
-
 			// If help is set, show the help screen
 			if (help)
 			{
@@ -647,7 +642,7 @@ namespace SabreTools
 			{
 				InitUpdate(inputs, filename, name, description, rootdir, category, version, date, author, email, homepage, url, comment, header,
 					superdat, forcemerge, forcend, forcepack, outputCMP, outputMiss, outputRC, outputSD, outputXML, usegame, prefix,
-					postfix, quotes, repext, addext, datprefix, romba, tsv, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, bare, gamename, romname,
+					postfix, quotes, repext, addext, datprefix, romba, tsv, merge, diff, cascade, inplace, skip, bare, gamename, romname,
 					romtype, sgt, slt, seq, crc, md5, sha1, nodump, trim, single, root, outdir, clean, softlist, dedup);
 			}