diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/FluentTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/FluentTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41df8fd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/FluentTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+using System.ServiceModel.Syndication;
+using AutoMoq;
+using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Model;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Indexer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Repository.Quality;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+    public class FluentTest : TestBase
+    {
+        [TestCase(null, "def", "def")]
+        [TestCase("", "def", "def")]
+        [TestCase("", 1, "1")]
+        [TestCase(null, "", "")]
+        [TestCase("actual", "def", "actual")]
+        public void WithDefault_success(string actual, object defaultValue, string result)
+        {
+            actual.WithDefault(defaultValue).Should().Be(result);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))]
+        public void WithDefault_Fail()
+        {
+            "test".WithDefault(null);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index 2181f8ce7..fd96cd025 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="FluentTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LogProviderTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UpcomingEpisodesProviderTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MediaFileProvider_ImportNewDownloadTest.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Fluent.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Fluent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed165e77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Fluent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core
+{
+    public static class Fluent
+    {
+        public static string WithDefault(this string actual, object defaultValue)
+        {
+            if (defaultValue == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("defaultValue");
+            if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(actual))
+            {
+                return defaultValue.ToString();
+            }
+
+            return actual;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index d5188af6d..afcb1b07e 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Datastore\CustomeMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Datastore\Migrations\Migration.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Datastore\SqliteProvider.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Fluent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\EpisodeRenameHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\EpisodeSortingHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\FileSizeFormatHelpercs.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
index 66f2e342c..4be99ddc3 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/EpisodeProvider.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 using Ninject;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Model;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
 
         public virtual void RefreshEpisodeInfo(Series series)
         {
-            Logger.Info("Starting episode info refresh for series:{0}", series.SeriesId);
+            Logger.Info("Starting episode info refresh for series: {0}", series.Title.WithDefault(series.SeriesId));
             int successCount = 0;
             int failCount = 0;
             var tvDbSeriesInfo = _tvDbProvider.GetSeries(series.SeriesId, true);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     Logger.FatalException(
-                        String.Format("An error has occurred while updating episode info for series {0}", series.SeriesId), e);
+                        String.Format("An error has occurred while updating episode info for series {0}", tvDbSeriesInfo.SeriesName), e);
                     failCount++;
                 }
             }
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
 
             }
 
-            Logger.Debug("Finished episode refresh for series:{0}. Successful:{1} - Failed:{2} ",
+            Logger.Info("Finished episode refresh for series: {0}. Successful: {1} - Failed: {2} ",
                          tvDbSeriesInfo.SeriesName, successCount, failCount);
         }