diff --git a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
index 86ce765db..f72be2ce1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ class ArtistsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def finder
-    url = Sources::Site.new(params[:url]).normalize_for_artist_finder!
-
-    @artists = Artist.url_matches(url).order("id desc").limit(20)
+    @artists = Artist.url_matches(params[:url]).order("id desc").limit(20)
     respond_with(@artists) do |format|
       format.xml do
         render :xml => @artists.to_xml(:include => [:urls], :root => "artists")
diff --git a/app/models/artist.rb b/app/models/artist.rb
index 9df4fc03d..f12dfa551 100644
--- a/app/models/artist.rb
+++ b/app/models/artist.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     module ClassMethods
       def find_all_by_url(url)
+        url = Sources::Site.new(url).normalize_for_artist_finder!
         url = ArtistUrl.normalize(url)
         artists = []