diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
index 892ea00c1..49ac659ea 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MetadataSource/SkyHook/SkyHookProxy.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Cloud;
@@ -34,11 +33,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MetadataSource.SkyHook
         private readonly IMovieMetadataService _movieMetadataService;
         private readonly IMovieTranslationService _movieTranslationService;
 
-        private static readonly Regex ImdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"imdb\.com/title/(?<id>tt\d+)",
-                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
-        private static readonly Regex TmdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"themoviedb\.org/movie/(?<id>\d+)",
-                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
-
         public SkyHookProxy(IHttpClient httpClient,
             IRadarrCloudRequestBuilder requestBuilder,
             IConfigService configService,
@@ -407,31 +401,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MetadataSource.SkyHook
             }
         }
 
-        private string ConvertDbLinkToId(string title)
-        {
-            var match = ImdbIdRegex.Match(title);
-            if (match.Success)
-            {
-                return "imdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
-            }
-
-            match = TmdbIdRegex.Match(title);
-            if (match.Success)
-            {
-                return "tmdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
-            }
-
-            return title;
-        }
-
         public List<Movie> SearchForNewMovie(string title)
         {
             try
             {
                 var lowerTitle = title.ToLower();
 
-                lowerTitle = ConvertDbLinkToId(lowerTitle);
-
                 lowerTitle = lowerTitle.Replace(".", "");
 
                 var parserTitle = lowerTitle;
diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
index 8a8c82498..ca260604e 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Movies/MovieLookupController.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Languages;
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ namespace Radarr.Api.V3.Movies
         private readonly IMapCoversToLocal _coverMapper;
         private readonly IConfigService _configService;
 
+        private static readonly Regex ImdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"imdb\.com/title/(?<id>tt\d+)",
+                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex TmdbIdRegex = new Regex(@"themoviedb\.org/movie/(?<id>\d+)",
+                                                              RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
         public MovieLookupController(ISearchForNewMovie searchProxy,
                                  IProvideMovieInfo movieInfo,
                                  IBuildFileNames fileNameBuilder,
@@ -66,11 +72,29 @@ namespace Radarr.Api.V3.Movies
         [HttpGet]
         public object Search([FromQuery] string term)
         {
-            var searchResults = _searchProxy.SearchForNewMovie(term);
+            var convertedTerm = ConvertDbLinkToId(term);
+            var searchResults = _searchProxy.SearchForNewMovie(convertedTerm);
 
             return MapToResource(searchResults);
         }
 
+        private string ConvertDbLinkToId(string title)
+        {
+            var match = ImdbIdRegex.Match(title);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                return "imdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
+            }
+
+            match = TmdbIdRegex.Match(title);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                return "tmdb:" + match.Groups["id"].Value;
+            }
+
+            return title;
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<MovieResource> MapToResource(IEnumerable<Movie> movies)
         {
             var movieInfoLanguage = (Language)_configService.MovieInfoLanguage;