diff --git a/sickbeard/search_queue.py b/sickbeard/search_queue.py
index 942edb95b72ab28b2d8588b69792e12d66cd94a9..963c6bc8d0c9da9b01a47be03f88881c876cf4f7 100644
--- a/sickbeard/search_queue.py
+++ b/sickbeard/search_queue.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class RSSSearchQueueItem(generic_queue.QueueItem):
 class BacklogQueueItem(generic_queue.QueueItem):
     def __init__(self, show, segment):
         generic_queue.QueueItem.__init__(self, 'Backlog', BACKLOG_SEARCH)
-        self.thread_name = 'BACKLOG-'+show.tvdbid
+        self.thread_name = 'BACKLOG-'+str(show.tvdbid)
         
         self.show = show
         self.segment = segment