diff --git a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index 62021de5d..761d12c98 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -1139,10 +1139,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Indexers
                                         release.MinimumSeedTime = ParseUtil.CoerceLong(value);
                                         break;
                                     case "imdb":
-                                        Regex IMDBRegEx = new Regex(@"(\d+)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
-                                        var IMDBMatch = IMDBRegEx.Match(value);
-                                        var IMDBId = IMDBMatch.Groups[1].Value;
-                                        release.Imdb = ParseUtil.CoerceLong(IMDBId);
+                                        release.Imdb = ParseUtil.GetLongFromString(value);
                                         break;
                                     case "rageid":
                                         Regex RageIDRegEx = new Regex(@"(\d+)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs b/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
index cbd15c71e..c6ed379f1 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Utils/ParseUtil.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ namespace Jackett.Utils
             return long.TryParse(NormalizeNumber(str), NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out result);
         }
 
+        public static long? GetLongFromString(string str)
+        {
+            if (str == null)
+                return null;
+            Regex IdRegEx = new Regex(@"(\d+)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+            var IdMatch = IdRegEx.Match(str);
+            if (!IdMatch.Success)
+                return null;
+            var Id = IdMatch.Groups[1].Value;
+            return CoerceLong(Id);
+        }
+
         public static int? GetImdbID(string imdbstr)
         {
             if (imdbstr == null)