diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
index 6e8e21fc..1cf70003 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/publichd.py
@@ -136,14 +136,13 @@ class PublicHDProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
 
 
                 html = self.getURL(searchURL)
+                if not html:
+                    continue
 
                 #remove unneccecary <option> lines which are slowing down BeautifulSoup
                 optreg = re.compile(r'<option.*</option>')
                 html = os.linesep.join([s for s in html.splitlines() if not optreg.search(s)])
 
-                if not html:
-                    continue
-
                 try:
                     soup = BeautifulSoup(html, features=["html5lib", "permissive"])