diff --git a/getvideotype.py b/getvideotype.py
index 7687da4..b358182 100755
--- a/getvideotype.py
+++ b/getvideotype.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def getdvdtype():
     """ Queries OMDbapi.org for title information and parses if it's a movie
         or a tv series """
     dvd_title = args.title
+    needs_new_year = "false"
 
     try:
         year = dvd_title[(dvd_title.rindex('(')):len(dvd_title)]
@@ -37,21 +38,39 @@ def getdvdtype():
     if year is None:
         year = ""
 
-    dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title, year)
+    dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_clean, year)
+    # print (dvd_type)
 
     # handle failures
-    # first see if there is a hyphen and split it
-    if (dvd_title.find("-") > -1):
-        dvd_title_slice = dvd_title[:dvd_title.find("-")]
-        dvd_title_slice =cleanupstring(dvd_title_slice)
-        dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_slice)
-        
-    # if still fail, then try slicing off the last word in a loop
-    while dvd_type == "fail" and dvd_title_clean.count('+') > 0:
-        dvd_title_clean = dvd_title_clean.rsplit('+', 1)[0]
-        dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_clean)
+    # this is kind of kludgy, but it kind of work...
+    if (dvd_type == "fail"):
 
-    return dvd_type
+        # first try submitting without the year
+        dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_clean, "")
+        # print (dvd_type)
+
+        if (dvd_type != "fail"):
+            #that means the year is wrong. 
+            needs_new_year = "true"
+
+        if (dvd_type == "fail"):
+            # second see if there is a hyphen and split it
+            if (dvd_title.find("-") > -1):
+                dvd_title_slice = dvd_title[:dvd_title.find("-")]
+                dvd_title_slice =cleanupstring(dvd_title_slice)
+                dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_slice)
+                
+            # if still fail, then try slicing off the last word in a loop
+            while dvd_type == "fail" and dvd_title_clean.count('+') > 0:
+                dvd_title_clean = dvd_title_clean.rsplit('+', 1)[0]
+                dvd_type = callwebservice(dvd_title_clean)
+        
+    if needs_new_year == "true":
+        #pass the new year back to bash to handle
+        global new_year
+        return dvd_type + "#" + new_year
+    else:
+        return dvd_type
 
 def cleanupstring(string):
     # clean up title string to pass to OMDbapi.org
@@ -61,6 +80,8 @@ def cleanupstring(string):
 def callwebservice(dvd_title, year=""):
     """ Queries OMDbapi.org for title information and parses if it's a movie
         or a tv series """
+    # print (dvd_title)
+
     try:
         dvd_title_info_json = urllib.request.urlopen("http://www.omdbapi.com/?t={0}&y={1}&plot=short&r=json".format(dvd_title, year)).read()
     except:
@@ -70,9 +91,11 @@ def callwebservice(dvd_title, year=""):
         if doc['Response'] == "False":
             return "fail"
         else:
+            global new_year 
+            new_year = doc['Year']
             return doc['Type']
 
 args = entry()
 
 dvd_type = getdvdtype()
-print(dvd_type)
+print(dvd_type)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/identify.sh b/identify.sh
index 3796aff..fef92eb 100755
--- a/identify.sh
+++ b/identify.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,18 @@ if [ "$ID_FS_TYPE" == "udf" ]; then
 			fi
 
 			if [ $HAS_NICE_TITLE == true ]; then
-				VIDEO_TYPE=$(/opt/arm/getvideotype.py -t "${VIDEO_TITLE}" 2>&1)
+				VTYPE=$(/opt/arm/getvideotype.py -t "${VIDEO_TITLE}" 2>&1)
+
+				#handle year mismath if found
+				if [[ $VTYPE =~ .*#.* ]]; then
+					VIDEO_TYPE=$(echo "$VTYPE" | cut -f1 -d#)
+					NEW_YEAR=$(echo "$VTYPE" | cut -f2 -d#)
+					echo "VIDEO_TYPE is $VIDEO_TYPE and NEW_YEAR is $NEW_YEAR"
+					VIDEO_TITLE="$(echo "$VIDEO_TITLE" | cut -f1 -d\()($NEW_YEAR)" 
+					echo "Year mismatch found.  New video title is $VIDEO_TITLE"
+				else
+					VIDEO_TYPE="$VTYPE"
+				fi
 			else
 				VIDEO_TYPE="unknown"
 			fi