diff --git a/src/Jackett/Controllers/AdminController.cs b/src/Jackett/Controllers/AdminController.cs
index 420f22f14..bfc594921 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Controllers/AdminController.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Controllers/AdminController.cs
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Controllers
                 if (omdbApiKey != Engine.Server.Config.OmdbApiKey)
                 {
                     Engine.Server.Config.OmdbApiKey = omdbApiKey;
+                    Engine.Server.SaveConfig();
                     // HACK
                     indexerService.InitAggregateIndexer();
                 }
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Services/IndexerManagerService.cs b/src/Jackett/Services/IndexerManagerService.cs
index 21be9200e..35563afe4 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Services/IndexerManagerService.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Services/IndexerManagerService.cs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Services
             var omdbApiKey = Engine.Server.Config.OmdbApiKey;
             IFallbackStrategyProvider fallbackStrategyProvider = null;
             IResultFilterProvider resultFilterProvider = null;
-            if (omdbApiKey != null)
+            if (!omdbApiKey.IsNullOrEmptyOrWhitespace())
             {
                 var imdbResolver = new OmdbResolver(webClient, omdbApiKey.ToNonNull());
                 fallbackStrategyProvider = new ImdbFallbackStrategyProvider(imdbResolver);