diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabParser.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabParser.cs
index e04fe077f..519953085 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabParser.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabParser.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
+using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
@@ -20,7 +21,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
             if (currentResult != null)
             {
                 var attributes = item.Elements(NewznabNamespace + "attr");
-                var sizeElement = attributes.Single(e => e.Attribute("name").Value == "size");
+                var sizeElement = attributes.SingleOrDefault(e => e.Attribute("name").Value == "size");
+
+                if (sizeElement == null)
+                {
+                    var message = String.Format("Unable to parse size from: {0} [{1}]", currentResult.Title, currentResult.Indexer);
+                    throw new SizeParsingException(message);
+                }
 
                 currentResult.Size = Convert.ToInt64(sizeElement.Attribute("value").Value);
             }
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/SizeParsingException.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/SizeParsingException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33735a7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/SizeParsingException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
+{
+    public class SizeParsingException : Exception
+    {
+        public SizeParsingException(string message) : base(message)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}