diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b300caa..c8a5397 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.4
\ No newline at end of file
+0.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb b/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
index 312e309..e74358b 100644
--- a/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
+++ b/lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
     def self.parse_xml xml
       @artist = MusicBrainz::Artist.new
       @artist.id = xml.css('artist').attr('id').value
-      @artist.type = xml.css('artist').attr('type').value unless xml.css('artist').empty? or xml.css('artist').attr('type').empty?
+      @artist.type = xml.css('artist').attr('type').value unless xml.css('artist').nil? or xml.css('artist').attr('type').nil?
       @artist.name = xml.css('artist > name').text
       @artist.country = xml.css('artist > country').text unless xml.css('artist > country').empty?
       @artist.date_begin = xml.css('artist > life-span > begin').text unless xml.css('artist > life-span > begin').empty?