diff --git a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
index 7a1ef698..91c0539d 100644
--- a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
@@ -142,11 +142,12 @@ class GenericClient(object):
 
     def _get_torrent_hash(self, result):
 
+        torrent_hash = None
         if result.url.startswith('magnet'):
             torrent_hash = re.findall('urn:btih:([\w]{32,40})', result.url)[0]
             if len(torrent_hash) == 32:
                 torrent_hash = b16encode(b32decode(torrent_hash)).lower()
-        else:
+        elif result.content:
             info = bdecode(result.content)["info"]
             torrent_hash = sha1(bencode(info)).hexdigest()
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/config.py b/sickbeard/config.py
index b792b0df..e3bc14c6 100644
--- a/sickbeard/config.py
+++ b/sickbeard/config.py
@@ -191,11 +191,6 @@ def change_VERSION_NOTIFY(version_notify):
     if oldSetting == False and version_notify == True:
         sickbeard.versionCheckScheduler.action.run()  # @UndefinedVariable
 
-def change_VERSION(version):
-    if sickbeard.version.SICKBEARD_VERSION != version:
-
-        sickbeard.versionCheckScheduler.action.run()  # @UndefinedVariable
-
 def CheckSection(CFG, sec):
     """ Check if INI section exists, if not create it """
     try: