diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/legendasdivx.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/legendasdivx.py
index 36e0b7229..aa9f2a5f0 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/legendasdivx.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/legendasdivx.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from subliminal_patch.subtitle import Subtitle
 from subliminal.video import Episode, Movie
 from subliminal.subtitle import SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS, fix_line_ending,guess_matches
 from subzero.language import Language
+from subliminal_patch.score import get_scores
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ class LegendasdivxSubtitle(Subtitle):
                     matches.update(['video_codec'])
                     break
 
-        matches |= guess_matches(video, guessit(self.description))
+        # running guessit on a huge description may break guessit
+        # matches |= guess_matches(video, guessit(self.description))
         return matches
 
 
@@ -302,6 +304,8 @@ class LegendasdivxProvider(Provider):
         _tmp = list(SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS)
         _tmp.remove('.txt')
         _subtitle_extensions = tuple(_tmp)
+        _max_score = 0
+        _scores = get_scores (subtitle.video)
 
         for name in archive.namelist():
             # discard hidden files
@@ -312,16 +316,26 @@ class LegendasdivxProvider(Provider):
             if not name.lower().endswith(_subtitle_extensions):
                 continue
 
+            _guess = guessit (name)
             if isinstance(subtitle.video, Episode):
                 logger.debug ("guessing %s" % name)
-                guess = guessit(name)
-                logger.debug("subtitle S{}E{} video S{}E{}".format(guess['season'],guess['episode'],subtitle.video.season,subtitle.video.episode))
+                logger.debug("subtitle S{}E{} video S{}E{}".format(_guess['season'],_guess['episode'],subtitle.video.season,subtitle.video.episode))
 
-                if subtitle.video.episode != guess['episode'] or subtitle.video.season != guess['season']:
+                if subtitle.video.episode != _guess['episode'] or subtitle.video.season != _guess['season']:
                     logger.debug('subtitle does not match video, skipping')
                     continue
 
-            logger.debug("returning from archive: %s" % name)
-            return archive.read(name)
+            matches = set()
+            matches |= guess_matches (subtitle.video, _guess)
+            logger.debug('srt matches: %s' % matches)
+            _score = sum ((_scores.get (match, 0) for match in matches))
+            if _score > _max_score:
+                _max_name = name
+                _max_score = _score
+                logger.debug("new max: {} {}".format(name, _score))
+
+        if _max_score > 0:
+            logger.debug("returning from archive: {} scored {}".format(_max_name, _max_score))
+            return archive.read(_max_name)
 
         raise ParseResponseError('Can not find the subtitle in the compressed file')