diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/Blackhole/TorrentBlackholeFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/Blackhole/TorrentBlackholeFixture.cs
index 02cbf6246..e37562f13 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/Blackhole/TorrentBlackholeFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/Blackhole/TorrentBlackholeFixture.cs
@@ -196,5 +196,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Download.DownloadClientTests.Blackhole
             result.OutputRootFolders.Should().NotBeNull();
             result.OutputRootFolders.First().Should().Be(_completedDownloadFolder);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_return_null_hash()
+        {
+            var remoteEpisode = CreateRemoteEpisode();
+
+            Subject.Download(remoteEpisode).Should().BeNull();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/TorrentBlackhole/TorrentBlackhole.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/TorrentBlackhole/TorrentBlackhole.cs
index 21fff8859..852dd0423 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/TorrentBlackhole/TorrentBlackhole.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/TorrentBlackhole/TorrentBlackhole.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.TorrentBlackhole
 
             _logger.Debug("Torrent Download succeeded, saved to: {0}", filepath);
 
-            return hash;
+            return null;
         }
 
         public override string Name
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
index b43092da0..e49aa064f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Validation;
 using FluentValidation.Results;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.rTorrent;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Exceptions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 using NzbDrone.Core.RemotePathMappings;
 using NzbDrone.Core.ThingiProvider;
@@ -85,8 +86,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.RTorrent
                 _logger.Debug("rTorrent could not add file");
 
                 RemoveItem(hash, true);
-
-                return null;
+                throw new ReleaseDownloadException(remoteEpisode.Release, "Downloading torrent failed");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
index c1a81add3..1f810b38f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                 hash = DownloadFromWebUrl(remoteEpisode, torrentUrl);
             }
 
-            if (hash == null)
-            {
-                throw new ReleaseDownloadException(remoteEpisode.Release, "Downloading torrent failed");
-            }
-
             return hash;
         }
 
@@ -147,9 +142,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
             var hash = _torrentFileInfoReader.GetHashFromTorrentFile(torrentFile);
             var actualHash = AddFromTorrentFile(remoteEpisode, hash, filename, torrentFile);
 
-            if (hash != actualHash)
+            if (actualHash.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() && hash != actualHash)
             {
-                _logger.Warn(
+                _logger.Debug(
                     "{0} did not return the expected InfoHash for '{1}', Sonarr could potentially lose track of the download in progress.",
                     Definition.Implementation, remoteEpisode.Release.DownloadUrl);
             }
@@ -179,9 +174,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                 actualHash = AddFromMagnetLink(remoteEpisode, hash, magnetUrl);
             }
 
-            if (hash != actualHash)
+            if (actualHash.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() && hash != actualHash)
             {
-                _logger.Warn(
+                _logger.Debug(
                     "{0} did not return the expected InfoHash for '{1}', Sonarr could potentially lose track of the download in progress.",
                     Definition.Implementation, remoteEpisode.Release.DownloadUrl);
             }