diff --git a/src/gui/imdb.cpp b/src/gui/imdb.cpp
index 67ee8a490..79e9c6a37 100644
--- a/src/gui/imdb.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/imdb.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ CIMDB::CIMDB()
 	search_error	= "IMDb: Google download failed";
 	imdb_url	= "http://www.omdbapi.com/?plot=full&r=json&i=";
 	imdb_outfile	= "/tmp/imdb.json";
-	omdb_apikey	= "&apikey=";
-	omdb_apikey	+= g_settings.omdb_api_key;
 	posterfile	= "/tmp/imdb.jpg";
 
 	acc = 0;
@@ -67,6 +65,13 @@ CIMDB* CIMDB::getInstance()
 	return imdb;
 }
 
+inline std::string CIMDB::getApiKey()
+{
+	std::string 	ret = "&apikey=";
+			ret += g_settings.omdb_api_key;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 std::string CIMDB::utf82url(std::string s)
 {
 	std::stringstream ss;
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ int CIMDB::getIMDb(const std::string& epgTitle)
 	if(((imdb_id.find(search_error)) != std::string::npos))
 		return ret;
 
-	std::string url = imdb_url + imdb_id + omdb_apikey;
+	std::string url = imdb_url + imdb_id + getApiKey();
 
 	if (httpTool.downloadFile(url, imdb_outfile.c_str()))
 	{
diff --git a/src/gui/imdb.h b/src/gui/imdb.h
index 29825c0f4..4c4df3d21 100644
--- a/src/gui/imdb.h
+++ b/src/gui/imdb.h
@@ -57,13 +57,15 @@ class CIMDB
 	private:
 		int acc;
 		std::string imdb_url;
-		std::string omdb_apikey;
+
 		std::string googleIMDb(std::string s);
 		std::string utf82url(std::string s);
 		std::string parseString(std::string search1, std::string search2, std::string str);
 		std::string parseFile(std::string search1, std::string search2, const char* file, std::string firstline="", int line_offset=0);
 		std::map<std::string, std::string> m;
 
+		std::string getApiKey();
+
 		void	initMap(std::map<std::string, std::string>& my);
 };