diff --git a/src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith/FlagsmithProvider.cs b/src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith/FlagsmithProvider.cs
index 8be26c89..ae78a0f9 100644
--- a/src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith/FlagsmithProvider.cs
+++ b/src/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith/FlagsmithProvider.cs
@@ -66,9 +66,16 @@ public FlagsmithProvider(IFlagsmithProviderConfiguration providerOptions, IFlags
         private Task<IFlags> GetFlags(EvaluationContext ctx)
         {
             string key = null;
-            if (ctx != null && ctx.TryGetValue(Configuration.TargetingKey, out var value))
+            if (ctx != null)
             {
-                key = value?.AsString;
+                if (ctx.TargetingKey is string { Length: > 0 } targetingKey)
+                {
+                    key = targetingKey;
+                }
+                else if (ctx.TryGetValue(Configuration.TargetingKey, out var value))
+                {
+                    key = value?.AsString;
+                }
             }
 
             return string.IsNullOrEmpty(key)
diff --git a/test/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith.Test/FlagsmithProviderTest.cs b/test/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith.Test/FlagsmithProviderTest.cs
index 796e8edd..69677e4f 100644
--- a/test/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith.Test/FlagsmithProviderTest.cs
+++ b/test/OpenFeature.Contrib.Providers.Flagsmith.Test/FlagsmithProviderTest.cs
@@ -449,5 +449,29 @@ public async Task GetStructureValue_ForEnabledFeatureWithWrongFormatValue_Throws
             // Act and Assert
             await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TypeMismatchException>(() => flagsmithProvider.ResolveStructureValue("example-feature", defaultObject));
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("property", "attribute", "property")]
+        [InlineData(null, "attribute", "attribute")]
+        [InlineData("", "attribute", "attribute")]
+        [InlineData("property", null, "property")]
+        [InlineData("property", "", "property")]
+        public async Task GetValue_WithTargetingKey_UsesPropertyOverAttribute(string property, string attribute, string expected)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var flagsmithClient = Substitute.For<IFlagsmithClient>();
+            var providerConfig = GetDefaultFlagsmithProviderConfigurationConfiguration();
+            var flagsmithProvider = new FlagsmithProvider(providerConfig, flagsmithClient);
+
+            var contextBuilder = EvaluationContext.Builder()
+                .SetTargetingKey(property)
+                .Set(FlagsmithProviderConfiguration.DefaultTargetingKey, attribute);
+
+            // Act
+            await flagsmithProvider.ResolveBooleanValue("example-feature", false, contextBuilder.Build());
+
+            // Assert
+            await flagsmithClient.Received().GetIdentityFlags(expected, Arg.Any<List<ITrait>>());
+        }
     }
 }