diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRssParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRssParser.cs
index 8b4087f51..4a38fb2ec 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRssParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRssParser.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
 
         protected override bool PreProcess(IndexerResponse indexerResponse)
         {
-            if (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.HasHttpError)
+            if (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.HasHttpError &&
+                (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.Headers.ContentType == null || !indexerResponse.HttpResponse.Headers.ContentType.Contains("xml")))
             {
                 base.PreProcess(indexerResponse);
             }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Torznab/TorznabRssParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Torznab/TorznabRssParser.cs
index 1c660adf7..afa9f8d20 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Torznab/TorznabRssParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Torznab/TorznabRssParser.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Torznab
 
         protected override bool PreProcess(IndexerResponse indexerResponse)
         {
-            if (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.HasHttpError)
+            if (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.HasHttpError &&
+                (indexerResponse.HttpResponse.Headers.ContentType == null || !indexerResponse.HttpResponse.Headers.ContentType.Contains("xml")))
             {
                 base.PreProcess(indexerResponse);
             }