diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
index 6f0a4012e..ba2a6e179 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ Scholar.Translate.prototype._translationComplete = function(returnValue, error)
 		if(this.type == "search" && !this._itemsFound && this.translator.length > 1) {
 			// if we're performing a search and didn't get any results, go on
 			// to the next translator
+			Scholar.debug("could not find a result using "+this.translator[0].label+": \n"
+			              +this._generateErrorString(error));
 			this.translator.shift();
 			this.translate();
 		} else {
@@ -897,23 +899,7 @@ Scholar.Translate.prototype._translationComplete = function(returnValue, error)
 			this._runHandler("done", returnValue);
 			
 			if(!returnValue) {
-				var errorString = "";
-				if(typeof(error) == "string") {
-					errorString = "\nthrown exception => "+error;
-				} else {
-					for(var i in error) {
-						if(typeof(error[i]) != "object") {
-							errorString += "\n"+i+' => '+error[i];
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				
-				errorString += "\nurl => "+this.path
-					+ "\nextensions.zotero.cacheTranslatorData => "+Scholar.Prefs.get("cacheTranslatorData")
-					+ "\nextensions.zotero.downloadAssociatedFiles => "+Scholar.Prefs.get("downloadAssociatedFiles");
-				
-				errorString = errorString.substr(1);
-				
+				var errorString = this._generateErrorString(error);
 				Scholar.debug("translation using "+this.translator[0].label+" failed: \n"+errorString);
 				
 				if(this.type == "web") {
@@ -927,6 +913,27 @@ Scholar.Translate.prototype._translationComplete = function(returnValue, error)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * generates a useful error string, for submitting and debugging purposes
+ */
+Scholar.Translate.prototype._generateErrorString = function(error) {
+	var errorString = "";
+	if(typeof(error) == "string") {
+		errorString = "\nthrown exception => "+error;
+	} else {
+		for(var i in error) {
+			if(typeof(error[i]) != "object") {
+				errorString += "\n"+i+' => '+error[i];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	errorString += "\nurl => "+this.path
+		+ "\nextensions.zotero.cacheTranslatorData => "+Scholar.Prefs.get("cacheTranslatorData")
+		+ "\nextensions.zotero.downloadAssociatedFiles => "+Scholar.Prefs.get("downloadAssociatedFiles");
+	return errorString.substr(1);
+}
+
 /*
  * runs an HTTP request to report a translation error
  */
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/utilities.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/utilities.js
index a1f190237..550dd7b56 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/utilities.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/utilities.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Scholar.Utilities.capitalizeSkipWords = ["but", "or", "yet", "so", "for", "and",
 "nor", "a", "an", "the", "at", "by", "from", "in", "into", "of", "on", "to",
 "with", "up", "down"];
 Scholar.Utilities.prototype.capitalizeTitle = function(title) {
+	title = this.cleanString(title);
 	title = title.replace(/ : /g, ": ");	
 	var words = title.split(" ");
 	
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ Scholar.Utilities.prototype.capitalizeTitle = function(title) {
 			for(var i=1; i<lastWordIndex; i++) {
 				// if not a skip word
 				if(Scholar.Utilities.capitalizeSkipWords.indexOf(words[i].toLowerCase()) == -1 ||
-				   words[i-1][words[i-1].length-1] == ":") {
+				   (words[i-1].length && words[i-1][words[i-1].length-1] == ":")) {
 					words[i] = words[i][0].toUpperCase() + words[i].substr(1);
 				} else {
 					words[i] = words[i].toLowerCase();
@@ -560,7 +561,9 @@ Scholar.Utilities.HTTP.processDocuments = function(firstDoc, urls, processor, do
 			}
 		} else {
 			removeListeners();
-			done();
+			if(done) {
+				done();
+			}
 		}
 	};
 	var onLoad = function() {
diff --git a/scrapers.sql b/scrapers.sql
index 170ed3f9a..be5da1887 100644
--- a/scrapers.sql
+++ b/scrapers.sql
@@ -4094,9 +4094,7 @@ function processOWC(doc) {
 				var spanTitle = spanTags[i].getAttribute("title");
 				var item = new Scholar.Item();
 				if(Scholar.Utilities.parseContextObject(spanTitle, item)) {
-					if(item.title) {
-						item.title = Scholar.Utilities.capitalizeTitle(item.title);
-					}
+					item.title = Scholar.Utilities.capitalizeTitle(item.title);
 					item.complete();
 					return true;
 				} else {
@@ -4146,8 +4144,6 @@ function doSearch(item) {
 				processOWC(doc);
 			}, function() {	// done
 				Scholar.done();
-			}, function() {	// error
-				Scholar.done(false);
 			});
 		}
 	}, null);