diff --git a/oxweb/imdb.py b/oxweb/imdb.py
index c70b418..6ac7b20 100644
--- a/oxweb/imdb.py
+++ b/oxweb/imdb.py
@@ -595,9 +595,15 @@ class IMDb:
         IMDbDict['title'] = getMovieTitle(self.imdb)
 
         #Rating
+        #FIXME: in the future this could be just:
+        #m = findRe('<span id="voteuser">(.*?)</span>', data)
         m = re.compile('<b>(.*?)/10</b>', re.IGNORECASE).search(data)
         if m:
-            IMDbDict['rating'] = int(float(m.group(1)) * 1000)
+            r = stripTags(m.group(1))
+            if r:
+                IMDbDict['rating'] = int(float(r) * 1000)
+            else:
+                IMDbDict['rating'] = -1
         else:
             IMDbDict['rating'] = -1
         #Votes