diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 2f35739bb0c5ee689cb06cf3d0ba6290b7f3b04a..6e3cbac62d1307a908ff57aba567752a79e38e71 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ def _setUpSession(session, headers):
     session = CacheControl(sess=session, cache=caches.FileCache(os.path.join(cache_dir, 'sessions'), use_dir_lock=True), cache_etags=False)
 
     # request session clear residual referer
-    if 'Referer' in session.headers and 'Referer' not in headers or {}:
+    if 'Referer' in session.headers and 'Referer' not in (headers or {}):
         session.headers.pop('Referer')
 
     # request session headers
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 981e2f3b3a4c98754addf83f1289b26f57735e01..c35ab144898ce169d9cfd2fee6840a69b84f7804 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -2512,6 +2512,7 @@ class HomeAddShows(Home):
         try:
             popular_shows = imdb_popular.fetch_popular_shows()
         except Exception as e:
+            # print traceback.format_exc()
             popular_shows = None
 
         return t.render(title="Popular Shows", header="Popular Shows", popular_shows=popular_shows, imdb_exception=e, topmenu="home")