diff --git a/src/Jackett/Models/TorznabQuery.cs b/src/Jackett/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
index 449b3af96..fd4b64efc 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Models/TorznabQuery.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ namespace Jackett.Models
         public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
         public string SanitizedSearchTerm { get; set; }
 
+        public TorznabQuery()
+        {
+            Categories = new int[0];
+        }
+
         public string GetEpisodeSearchString()
         {
             if (Season == 0)
diff --git a/src/Jackett/WebAPIExceptionLogger.cs b/src/Jackett/WebAPIExceptionLogger.cs
index a9f900f2e..240ffda7c 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/WebAPIExceptionLogger.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/WebAPIExceptionLogger.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ namespace Jackett
     {
         public async Task LogAsync(ExceptionLoggerContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            Engine.Logger.Error("Unhandled exception: " + context.Exception.GetExceptionDetails());
-            var request = await context.Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-            Engine.Logger.Error("Unhandled exception url: " + context.Request.RequestUri);
-            Engine.Logger.Error("Unhandled exception request body: " + request);
+            // OWIN seems to give lots of these exceptions but we are not interested in them.
+            if (context.Exception.Message != "Error while copying content to a stream.")
+            {
+                Engine.Logger.Error("Unhandled exception: " + context.Exception.GetExceptionDetails());
+                var request = await context.Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+                Engine.Logger.Error("Unhandled exception url: " + context.Request.RequestUri);
+            }
         }
     }
 }