diff --git a/Headphones.py b/Headphones.py
index f8053ff4..3564436f 100755
--- a/Headphones.py
+++ b/Headphones.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import os, sys
+import os, sys, locale
 
 from lib.configobj import ConfigObj
 
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ def main():
 	headphones.PROG_DIR = os.path.dirname(headphones.FULL_PATH)
 	headphones.ARGS = sys.argv[1:]
 	
+	try:
+		locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
+	except Exception, e:
+		pass
+	
 	# Set up and gather command line arguments
 	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Music add-on for SABnzbd+')
 
diff --git a/headphones/importer.py b/headphones/importer.py
index a1081534..8e657289 100644
--- a/headphones/importer.py
+++ b/headphones/importer.py
@@ -150,15 +150,15 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid):
 		rg_exists = myDB.select("SELECT * from albums WHERE AlbumID=?", [rg['id']])
 					
 		try:	
-			releaseid = mb.getReleaseGroup(rgid)
+			release_dict = mb.getReleaseGroup(rgid)
 		except Exception, e:
 			logger.info('Unable to get release information for %s - it may not be a valid release group' % rg['title'])
 			continue
 			
-		if not releaseid:
+		if not release_dict:
 			continue
 		
-		release = mb.getRelease(releaseid)
+		release = mb.getRelease(release_dict['releaseid'])
 		
 		if not release:
 			logger.warn('Unable to get release information for %s. Skipping for now.' % rg['title'])
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid):
 		if len(rg_exists):
 		
 			newValueDict = {"AlbumASIN":		release['asin'],
-							"ReleaseDate":		release['date'],
+							"ReleaseDate":		release_dict['releasedate'],
 							}
 		
 		else:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid):
 							"ArtistName": 		artist['artist_name'],
 							"AlbumTitle":		rg['title'],
 							"AlbumASIN":		release['asin'],
-							"ReleaseDate":		release['date'],
+							"ReleaseDate":		release_dict['releasedate'],
 							"DateAdded":		helpers.today(),
 							}
 							
diff --git a/headphones/mb.py b/headphones/mb.py
index dfab9bc3..14ea628c 100644
--- a/headphones/mb.py
+++ b/headphones/mb.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def getReleaseGroup(rgid):
 		# to get more detailed release info (ASIN, track count, etc.)
 		for release in releaseGroup.releases:
 	
-			inc = ws.ReleaseIncludes(tracks=True)		
+			inc = ws.ReleaseIncludes(tracks=True, releaseEvents=True)		
 			releaseResult = None
 			attempt = 0
 			
@@ -168,16 +168,19 @@ def getReleaseGroup(rgid):
 			release_dict = {
 				'asin':			bool(releaseResult.asin),
 				'tracks':		len(releaseResult.getTracks()),
-				'releaseid':	u.extractUuid(releaseResult.id)
+				'releaseid':	u.extractUuid(releaseResult.id),
+				'releasedate':	releaseResult.getEarliestReleaseDate()
 				}
 			
 			releaselist.append(release_dict)
 	
 		a = multikeysort(releaselist, ['-asin', '-tracks'])
+		b = sorted(releaselist, key=lambda item: item['releasedate'])
 	
-		releaseid = a[0]['releaseid']
+		release_dict = {'releaseid' :a[0]['releaseid'],
+						'releasedate'	: b[0]['releasedate']}
 		
-		return releaseid
+		return release_dict
 	
 def getRelease(releaseid):
 	"""
diff --git a/headphones/searcher.py b/headphones/searcher.py
index 363f270e..45aee2c4 100644
--- a/headphones/searcher.py
+++ b/headphones/searcher.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import urllib
-import string
 import lib.feedparser as feedparser
 from xml.dom import minidom
 import os, re
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ def searchNZB(albumid=None, new=False):
 		except TypeError:
 			year = ''
 		
-		dic = {'... ':' ', ' & ':' ', ' = ': ' ', '?':'', '!':'', ' + ':' ', '(':'', ')':'', '"':'', ',':''}
+		dic = {'...':'', ' & ':' ', ' = ': ' ', '?':'', '!':'', ' + ':' ', '"':'', ',':''}
 
 		cleanartistalbum = helpers.latinToAscii(helpers.replace_all(albums[0]+' '+albums[1], dic))
 
@@ -35,9 +34,9 @@ def searchNZB(albumid=None, new=False):
 		altterm = re.sub('[\.\-]', ' ', '%s %s' % (cleanartistalbum, year)).encode('utf-8')
 		
 		# Only use the year if the term could return a bunch of different albums, i.e. self-titled albums
-		if albums[0] in albums[1]:
+		if albums[0] in albums[1] or len(albums[0]) < 4 or len(albums[1]) < 4:
 			term = altterm	
-			
+		
 		logger.info("Searching for %s since it was marked as wanted" % term)
 		
 		resultlist = []