diff --git a/mylar/cv.py b/mylar/cv.py
index 415a7afd..59951452 100755
--- a/mylar/cv.py
+++ b/mylar/cv.py
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ def getComic(comicid,type,issueid=None,arc=None,arcid=None,arclist=None,comicidl
     elif type == 'comicyears':
         #used by the story arc searcher when adding a given arc to poll each ComicID in order to populate the Series Year.
         #this grabs each issue based on issueid, and then subsets the comicid for each to be used later.
-        dom = pulldetails(arcid,'comicyears',offset=1,comicidlist=comicidlist)
+        #set the offset to 0, since we're doing a filter.
+        dom = pulldetails(arcid,'comicyears',offset=0,comicidlist=comicidlist)
         return GetSeriesYears(dom)
 
 def GetComicInfo(comicid,dom):
diff --git a/mylar/mb.py b/mylar/mb.py
index 6285340b..5417a576 100755
--- a/mylar/mb.py
+++ b/mylar/mb.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def findComic(name, mode, issue, limityear=None, explicit=None, type=None):
                         names = len( result.getElementsByTagName('name') )
                         n = 0
                         logger.fdebug('length: ' + str(names))
+                        xmlpub = None #set this incase the publisher field isn't populated in the xml
                         while ( n < names ):
                             logger.fdebug(result.getElementsByTagName('name')[n].parentNode.nodeName)
                             if result.getElementsByTagName('name')[n].parentNode.nodeName == 'story_arc':