diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/couchpotatoapi/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/couchpotatoapi/main.py
index 040bc2e2..26e42df3 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/couchpotatoapi/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/couchpotatoapi/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class CouchPotatoApi(MovieProvider):
 
     def getReleaseDate(self, identifier = None):
 
+        if identifier is None: return {}
         try:
             headers = {'X-CP-Version': fireEvent('app.version', single = True)}
             data = self.urlopen((self.api_url % ('eta')) + (identifier + '/'), headers = headers)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
index bde256a9..568b413e 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
 
         name_year = fireEvent('scanner.name_year', q, single = True)
 
-        if not name_year.get('name'):
+        if not q or not name_year.get('name'):
             return []
 
         cache_key = 'imdbapi.cache.%s' % q
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
 
     def getInfo(self, identifier = None):
 
+        if not identifier:
+            return {}
+
         cache_key = 'imdbapi.cache.%s' % identifier
         cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['info'] % identifier)