diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/subtitle/SubtitleUtilities.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/subtitle/SubtitleUtilities.java
index 5620f4e3..ca3ebb7e 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/subtitle/SubtitleUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/subtitle/SubtitleUtilities.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.EpisodeMetrics;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.Match;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.Matcher;
 import net.sourceforge.filebot.similarity.MetricAvg;
@@ -49,12 +48,21 @@ public final class SubtitleUtilities {
 		// optimize for generic media <-> subtitle matching
 		SimilarityMetric[] metrics = new SimilarityMetric[] { EpisodeFunnel, EpisodeBalancer, SubstringSequence, new MetricCascade(SubstringSequence, Name), Numeric, new NameSimilarityMetric() };
 		
+		// subtitle verification metric specifically excluding SxE mismatches 
+		SimilarityMetric absoluteSeasonEpisode = new SimilarityMetric() {
+			
+			@Override
+			public float getSimilarity(Object o1, Object o2) {
+				return SeasonEpisode.getSimilarity(o1, o2) < 1 ? -1 : 1;
+			}
+		};
+		SimilarityMetric sanity = new MetricCascade(FileSize, FileName, absoluteSeasonEpisode, AirDate, Title, Name);
+		
 		// first match everything as best as possible, then filter possibly bad matches
 		Matcher<File, SubtitleDescriptor> matcher = new Matcher<File, SubtitleDescriptor>(files, subtitles, false, metrics);
-		SimilarityMetric sanity = EpisodeMetrics.verificationMetric();
 		
 		for (Match<File, SubtitleDescriptor> it : matcher.match()) {
-			if (sanity.getSimilarity(it.getValue(), it.getCandidate()) >= (strict ? 0.9f : 0.5f)) {
+			if (sanity.getSimilarity(it.getValue(), it.getCandidate()) >= (strict ? 0.9f : 0.6f)) {
 				subtitleByVideo.put(it.getValue(), it.getCandidate());
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
index 44c341ca..43c4b777 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class SubtitleAutoMatchDialog extends JDialog {
 					throw e;
 				} catch (Exception e) {
 					// log and ignore
-					Logger.getLogger(SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage(), e);
+					Logger.getLogger(SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage());
 				}
 			}
 			
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ class SubtitleAutoMatchDialog extends JDialog {
 				
 				// still no luck... na women ye mei banfa
 				if (subtitles.isEmpty()) {
-					throw new Exception("Unable to lookup subtitles:" + querySet);
+					throw new Exception("Unable to lookup subtitles: " + querySet);
 				}
 			}