diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 12de5c6c..10b88145 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
 * Change restart/shutdown to use updated jQuery
 
 
+### 0.12.9 (2017-02-24 18:40:00 UTC)
+
+* Fix issue saving custom NewznabProviders
+
+
 ### 0.12.8 (2017-02-19 13:50:00 UTC)
 
 * Change BTN API hostname
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
index f50dc5a4..0e61e8a6 100755
--- a/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/newznab.py
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ class NewznabProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
         self.cat_ids = cat_ids or ''
         self._cat_ids = None
         self.search_mode = search_mode or 'eponly'
-        self.search_fallback = search_fallback
-        self.enable_recentsearch = enable_recentsearch
-        self.enable_backlog = bool(tryInt(enable_backlog))
+        self.search_fallback = bool(helpers.tryInt(search_fallback))
+        self.enable_recentsearch = bool(helpers.tryInt(enable_recentsearch))
+        self.enable_backlog = bool(helpers.tryInt(enable_backlog))
         self.enable_scheduled_backlog = bool(tryInt(enable_scheduled_backlog))
         self.needs_auth = '0' != self.key.strip()  # '0' in the key setting indicates that api_key is not needed
         self.default = False