diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 5dc7319f..0c6cfc7d 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ def cleanHost(host):
 
     return host
 
+def getImdb(txt):
+
+    if os.path.isfile(txt):
+        output = open(txt, 'r')
+        txt = output.read()
+        output.close()
+
+    try:
+        m = re.search('(?P<id>tt[0-9{7}]+)', txt)
+        id = m.group('id')
+        if id:  return id
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+
+    return False
+
 def tryInt(s):
     try: return int(s)
     except: return s
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
index f4e267c3..7535d3a4 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/scanner/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from couchpotato import get_session
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent, addEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode, simplifyString
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import getExt
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import getExt, getImdb
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.plugins.base import Plugin
 from couchpotato.core.settings.model import File
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class Scanner(Plugin):
         if not imdb_id:
             try:
                 for nfo_file in files['nfo']:
-                    imdb_id = self.getImdb(nfo_file)
+                    imdb_id = getImdb(nfo_file)
                     if imdb_id: break
             except:
                 pass
@@ -359,22 +359,6 @@ class Scanner(Plugin):
 
         return False
 
-    def getImdb(self, txt):
-
-        if os.path.isfile(txt):
-            output = open(txt, 'r')
-            txt = output.read()
-            output.close()
-
-        try:
-            m = re.search('(?P<id>tt[0-9{7}]+)', txt)
-            id = m.group('id')
-            if id:  return id
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
-
-        return False
-
     def getMediaFiles(self, files):
 
         def test(s):