diff --git a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
index 79c01604..0166db2e 100644
--- a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
+++ b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessMovie.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class autoProcessMovie(object):
             if 'NZBOP_VERSION' in os.environ and os.environ['NZBOP_VERSION'][0:5] >= '14.0':
                 print('[NZB] MARK=BAD')
             if failureLink:
-                failureLink = failureLink + '&corrupt=true'
+                failureLink += '&corrupt=true'
             status = 1
         elif clientAgent == "manual":
             logger.warning("No media files found in directory %s to manually process." % (dirName), section)
diff --git a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
index ab8a4247..1e7b7fbd 100644
--- a/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
+++ b/core/autoProcess/autoProcessTV.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class autoProcessTV(object):
                 if 'NZBOP_VERSION' in os.environ and os.environ['NZBOP_VERSION'][0:5] >= '14.0':
                     print('[NZB] MARK=BAD')
                 if failureLink:
-                    failureLink = failureLink + '&corrupt=true'
+                    failureLink += '&corrupt=true'
         elif clientAgent == "manual":
             logger.warning("No media files found in directory %s to manually process." % (dirName), section)
             return [0, ""]  # Success (as far as this script is concerned)