diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/hdarea.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/hdarea.yml
index 9952af2f2..12eab441e 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/hdarea.yml
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/hdarea.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     method: post
     inputs:
       $raw: "{{ range .Categories }}cat{{.}}=1&{{end}}"
-      search: "{{ if .Query.IMDBID }}{{ .Query.IMDBID }}{{else}}{{ .Keywords }}{{end}}"
+      search: "{{ if .Query.IMDBID }}{{ .Query.IMDBIDShort }}{{else}}{{ .Keywords }}{{end}}"
       # 0 incldead 1 active 2 onlydead
       incldead: 1
       # 0 all 1 normal 2 free 2 2x 4 2xFree 5 50% 6 2x50% 7 30%