diff --git a/src/Jackett/Controllers/TorznabController.cs b/src/Jackett/Controllers/TorznabController.cs
index 3c4e9484e..c1c6027fc 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Controllers/TorznabController.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Controllers/TorznabController.cs
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ namespace Jackett.Controllers
                     return GetErrorXML(201, "Incorrect parameter: please specify either imdbid or q");
                 }
 
-                if (ParseUtil.GetImdbID(torznabQuery.ImdbID) == null)
+                var imdbid = ParseUtil.GetImdbID(torznabQuery.ImdbID);
+                if (imdbid == null)
                 {
                     logger.Warn(string.Format("A movie-search request from {0} was made with an invalid imdbid.", Request.GetOwinContext().Request.RemoteIpAddress));
                     return GetErrorXML(201, "Incorrect parameter: invalid imdbid format");
                 }
+                torznabQuery.ImdbID = "tt" + ((int)imdbid).ToString("D7");
 
                 if (!indexer.TorznabCaps.SupportsImdbSearch)
                 {
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs b/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
index ced78ff7e..c53d67912 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Utils
             if (!match.Success)
                 return null;
 
-            return CoerceInt(match.Groups[1].Value);
+            return int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
     }
 }
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