diff --git a/mylar/PostProcessor.py b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
index 971f522a..3544c662 100755
--- a/mylar/PostProcessor.py
+++ b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
@@ -131,34 +131,26 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
             myDB = db.DBConnection()
 
             nzbname = self.nzb_name
+            #remove extensions from nzb_name if they somehow got through (Experimental most likely)
+            extensions = ('.cbr', '.cbz')
+
+            if nzbname.lower().endswith(extensions):
+                fd, ext = os.path.splitext(nzbname)
+                self._log("Removed extension from nzb: " + ext, logger.DEBUG)
+                nzbname = re.sub(str(ext), '', str(nzbname))
+
+            #replace spaces
+            nzbname = re.sub(' ', '.', str(nzbname))
+
+            self._log("nzbname: " + str(nzbname), logger.DEBUG)
 
             nzbiss = myDB.action("SELECT * from nzblog WHERE nzbname=?", [nzbname]).fetchone()
+
             if nzbiss is None:
                 self._log("Failure - could not initially locate nzbfile in my database to rename.", logger.DEBUG)
-                #decimals need to be accounted for....
-                if str(sabrepd) == '0':
-                    #Replace decimals is enabled so decimlas should already be passed through converted.
-                    logger.info("SABnzbd setting: Replace Decimals is disabled.")
-                elif str(sabrepd) == '1':
-                    #Replace decimals is enabled.
-                    #By default SAB will pass back the value with decimals replaced with a ' ' or a '_'
-                    logger.info("SABnzbd setting: Replace Decimals is enabled.")
-                    self._log("I'm going to try to rejig the nzbname passed from SAB accounting for decmials to see if I can find it.")
-                    nzbname = re.sub('[\.]', '_', str(nzbname))
-                #spaces need to be accounted for
-                if str(sabreps) == '1':
-                    #Replace spaces is enabled so spaces should already be passed through converted.
-                    logger.info("SABnzbd setting: Replace spaces is enabled.")
-                elif str(sabreps) == '0':
-                    #Replace space is disabled.
-                    #By default SAB will pass back the value with spaces replaced with a '+'
-                    logger.info("SABnzbd setting: Replace spaces is disabled.")
-                    self._log("I'm going to try to rejig the nzbname passed from SAB accouting for spaces to see if I can find it.")
-                    nzbname = re.sub(' ', '_', str(nzbname))
-                #let's remove the - cause it will cause problems at this point...
-                nzbname = re.sub('[\-]', '_', str(nzbname))
-
-                logger.fdebug("trying again with this nzbname: " + str(nzbname))
+                # if failed on spaces, change it all to decimals and try again.
+                nzbname = re.sub('_', '.', str(nzbname))
+                self._log("trying again with this nzbname: " + str(nzbname), logger.DEBUG)
                 nzbiss = myDB.action("SELECT * from nzblog WHERE nzbname=?", [nzbname]).fetchone()
                 if nzbiss is None:
                     logger.error(u"Unable to locate downloaded file to rename. PostProcessing aborted.")
@@ -249,8 +241,6 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                            '$Year':      issueyear
                           }
 
-            extensions = ('.cbr', '.cbz')
-   
             for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(self.nzb_folder):
                 for filename in filenames:
                     if filename.lower().endswith(extensions):
diff --git a/mylar/search.py b/mylar/search.py
index 720afde8..8bbcc4cb 100755
--- a/mylar/search.py
+++ b/mylar/search.py
@@ -577,11 +577,15 @@ def NZB_SEARCH(ComicName, IssueNumber, ComicYear, SeriesYear, nzbprov, nzbpr, Is
 
                                 logger.fdebug("link to retrieve via api:" + str(linkapi))
 
-                                #when the series contains a '-' or the issue a decimal it can't convert
-                                #if SAB's settings differ on how it handles spaces / decimals.
-                                #let's attempt to adjust by removing the - and .
-                                nzbname = re.sub(" ", "_", str(entry['title']))
-                                nzbname = re.sub('[\.\-]', '_', str(nzbname))
+                                #let's change all space to decimals for simplicity
+                                nzbname = re.sub(" ", ".", str(entry['title']))
+  
+                                extensions = ('.cbr', '.cbz')
+
+                                if nzbname.lower().endswith(extensions):
+                                    fd, ext = os.path.splitext(nzbname)
+                                    logger.fdebug("Removed extension from nzb: " + ext)
+                                    nzbname = re.sub(str(ext), '', str(nzbname))
 
                                 logger.fdebug("nzbname used for post-processing:" + str(nzbname))
 
diff --git a/mylar/updater.py b/mylar/updater.py
index a7e195e7..3e906675 100755
--- a/mylar/updater.py
+++ b/mylar/updater.py
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ def forceRescan(ComicID):
                     if "(c2c)" in fcnew[som]:
                         fcnew[som] = fcnew[som].replace("(c2c)", " ")
                         get_issue = shlex.split(str(fcnew[som]))
-                        fcnew[som] = get_issue[0]
+                        if fcnew[som] != " ":
+                            fcnew[som] = get_issue[0]
                     if '.' in fcnew[som]:
                         logger.fdebug("decimal detected...adjusting.")
                         try: