diff --git a/comicbookinfo.py b/comicbookinfo.py
index d61cb28..469a9d7 100644
--- a/comicbookinfo.py
+++ b/comicbookinfo.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class ComicBookInfo:
 		#helper func
 		def toInt(s):
 			i = None
-			if type(s) == str or type(s) == int:
+			if type(s) in [ str, unicode, int ]:
 				try:
 					i = int(s)
 				except ValueError:
diff --git a/taggerwindow.py b/taggerwindow.py
index 55f0384..9286d8b 100644
--- a/taggerwindow.py
+++ b/taggerwindow.py
@@ -1573,8 +1573,7 @@ class TaggerWindow( QtGui.QMainWindow):
 			if cv_md is None:
 				match_results.fetchDataFailures.append(ca.path)
 				
-			if cv_md is not None:
-			
+			if cv_md is not None:				
 				md.overlay( cv_md )
 			
 				if not ca.writeMetadata( md, self.save_data_style ):