diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentz.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentz.py
index 25af6b530e..dcb3fbef22 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentz.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentz.py
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ def search(self, search_strings, age=0, ep_obj=None):  # pylint: disable=too-man
                             if item.category and 'tv' not in item.category.get_text(strip=True):
                                 continue
 
-                            title = item.title.text.replace('x264 ', 'x264-').replace('h264 ', 'h264-').replace('h 264 ', 'h264-').replace('xvid ', 'xvid-').replace(' ', '.')
+                            title_raw = item.title.text
+                            # Add "-" after codec and add missing "."
+                            title = re.sub(r'([xh][ .]?264|xvid)', r'\1-', title_raw).replace(' ','.') if title_raw else ''
                             t_hash = item.guid.text.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
 
                             if not all([title, t_hash]):