diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/HDBits/HDBitsRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/HDBits/HDBitsRequestGenerator.cs
index 0307c19f3..36ddb8e7a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/HDBits/HDBitsRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/HDBits/HDBitsRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Http;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Definitions.HDBits
 
             if (imdbId == 0 && searchCriteria.SearchTerm.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
             {
-                query.Search = searchCriteria.SanitizedSearchTerm;
+                query.Search = Regex.Replace(searchCriteria.SanitizedSearchTerm, "[\\W]+", " ").Trim();
             }
 
             if (imdbId != 0)