diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index a35aeec5f..47ee9a818 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -1103,6 +1103,13 @@ bool CMoviePlayerGui::getLiveUrl(const std::string &url, const std::string &scri
 		realUrl = url;
 		return true;
 	}
+
+	//saved tvg-id for epg
+	if (script[0] == '#') {
+		realUrl = url;
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	std::string _script = script;
 
 	if (_script.find("/") == std::string::npos)