diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
index fead7b54..8eb01450 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/home_newShow.tmpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <legend class="legendStep">Find a show on the TVDB or TVRAGE</legend>
 
     <div class="stepDiv">
-        <input type="hidden" name="indexer_timeout" id="indexer_timeout" value="$sickbeard.INDEXER_TIMEOUT" />
+        <input type="hidden" id="indexer_timeout" value="$sickbeard.INDEXER_TIMEOUT" />
 
         #if $use_provided_info:
             Show retrieved from existing metadata: <a href="$sickbeard.indexerApi($provided_indexer).config["show_url"]$provided_indexer_id">$provided_indexer_name</a>
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/newShow.js b/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
index 00d8f66f..1a8b9182 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/newShow.js
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         var searchingFor = $('#nameToSearch').val() + ' on ' + $('#providedIndexer option:selected').text() + ' in ' + $('#indexerLangSelect').val();
         $('#searchResults').empty().html('<img id="searchingAnim" src="' + sbRoot + '/images/loading32.gif" height="32" width="32" /> searching ' + searchingFor + '...');
 
-        var indexerTimeout = parseInt($('#indexer_timeout').val(), 10);
         searchRequestXhr = $.ajax({
             url: sbRoot + '/home/addShows/searchIndexersForShowName',
             data: {'search_term': $('#nameToSearch').val(), 'lang': $('#indexerLangSelect').val(), 'indexer': $('#providedIndexer').val()},
-            timeout: indexerTimeout * 1000,
+            timeout: parseInt($('#indexer_timeout').val(), 10) * 1000,
             dataType: 'json',
             error: function () {
                 $('#searchResults').empty().html('search timed out, try again or try another indexer');