diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/HttpProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/HttpProvider.cs
index 6e440632d..55a8485a6 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/HttpProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/HttpProvider.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core
             return response.GetResponseStream();
         }
 
-
+        public virtual bool DownloadFile(string address, string fileName)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var webClient = new WebClient();
+                webClient.DownloadFile(address, fileName);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.Warn("Failed to get response from: {0}", address);
+                Logger.TraceException(ex.Message, ex);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/IndexerProviderBase.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/IndexerProviderBase.cs
index 6c7f85a0a..0f391e5f8 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/IndexerProviderBase.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/IndexerProviderBase.cs
@@ -154,14 +154,27 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Indexer
                 parseResult.EpisodeTitle = episodes[0].Title;
                 var sabTitle = _sabProvider.GetSabTitle(parseResult);
 
-                if (_sabProvider.IsInQueue(sabTitle))
+                if (Convert.ToBoolean(_configProvider.UseBlackhole))
                 {
-                    return;
+                    var blackholeDir = _configProvider.BlackholeDirectory;
+                    var folder = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(blackholeDir) ? blackholeDir : Path.Combine(CentralDispatch.AppPath, "App_Data");
+                    var fileName = Path.Combine(folder, sabTitle + ".nzb");
+                    _logger.Info("Downloading NZB: {0}", sabTitle);
+                    _httpProvider.DownloadFile(NzbDownloadUrl(feedItem), fileName);
                 }
 
-                if (!_sabProvider.AddByUrl(NzbDownloadUrl(feedItem), sabTitle))
+                //else send to SAB
+                else
                 {
-                    return;
+                    if (_sabProvider.IsInQueue(sabTitle))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!_sabProvider.AddByUrl(NzbDownloadUrl(feedItem), sabTitle))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 foreach (var episode in episodes)
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/NzbMatrixProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/NzbMatrixProvider.cs
index 686fbddd1..371f6d479 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/NzbMatrixProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Indexer/NzbMatrixProvider.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Indexer
 
         protected override string NzbDownloadUrl(SyndicationItem item)
         {
-            return item.Links[0].ToString();
+            return item.Links[0].Uri.ToString();
         }
     }
 }
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