diff --git a/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb b/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
index 03c3fad..368b5cd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'open-uri'
 require 'musicbrainz'
 
 class ArtistController < ApplicationController
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ class ArtistController < ApplicationController
         return render json: { status: 'not_found' }
       end
       best_match = results[0][:name]
-      if best_match != artist_name and (best_match.downcase == artist_name.downcase or best_match.downcase == 'the '+ artist_name.downcase)
+      if best_match != artist_name and similar_names(artist_name, best_match)
         return render json: { status: 'corrected', correct_name: best_match }
       elsif results[0][:name] == artist_name
         queue_loading(artist_name, results[0][:mbid])
@@ -37,7 +36,11 @@ class ArtistController < ApplicationController
       return render json: { status: 'fail', html: render_compact_partial(:fail) }
     end
     
-    render json: { status: @artist.status_str, artist: @artist, html: render_compact_partial(:page) }, include: {albums: {include: {tracks: {}}}}
+    render json: {
+      status: @artist.status_str,
+      artist: @artist,
+      html: render_compact_partial(:page) }, include: {albums: {include: {tracks: {}}}
+    }
   end
   
 private
@@ -50,4 +53,8 @@ private
     @artist = Artist.create( name: artist_name, mbid: mbid, status: 0 )
     Delayed::Job.enqueue(LoadArtistJob.new(artist_name))
   end
+  
+  def similar_names name1, name2
+    (name2.downcase == name1.downcase or name2.downcase == 'the '+ name1.downcase)
+  end
 end