diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Nebulance.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Nebulance.cs
index 711528043..cbb6edf29 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Nebulance.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/Nebulance.cs
@@ -91,12 +91,16 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
         {
             var releases = new List<ReleaseInfo>();
 
+            var searchTerm = query.GetQueryString();
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchTerm)) // remove some characters
+                searchTerm = Regex.Replace(searchTerm, @"[-._]", " ");
+
             var qc = new NameValueCollection
             {
                 {"action", "basic"},
                 {"order_by", "time"},
                 {"order_way", "desc"},
-                {"searchtext", query.GetQueryString()}
+                {"searchtext", searchTerm}
             };
 
             var searchUrl = SearchUrl + "?" + qc.GetQueryString();