diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
index 31a85db0..a9f09edd 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/encoding.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def toSafeString(original):
 def simplifyString(original):
     string = stripAccents(original.lower())
     string = toSafeString(' '.join(re.split('\W+', string)))
-    split = re.split('\W+', string.lower())
+    split = re.split('\W+|_', string.lower())
     return toUnicode(' '.join(split))
 
 def toUnicode(original, *args):