diff --git a/bt/scrape.php b/bt/scrape.php
index 93651afb..2f678f12 100644
--- a/bt/scrape.php
+++ b/bt/scrape.php
@@ -12,20 +12,12 @@ if (isset($_GET['?info_hash']) && !isset($_GET['info_hash']))
 	$_GET['info_hash'] = $_GET['?info_hash'];
 }
 
-// Verify info_hash
-if (!isset($_GET['info_hash']))
+if (!isset($_GET['info_hash']) || strlen($_GET['info_hash']) != 20)
 {
-	msg_die('Invalid info_hash');
+	msg_die('Invalid info_hash: ' . bin2hex($_GET['info_hash']));
 }
 
 $info_hash = $_GET['info_hash'];
-$info_hash_hex = bin2hex($info_hash);
-
-// Check info_hash length
-if (strlen($info_hash) != 20)
-{
-	msg_die('Invalid info_hash: ' . (mb_check_encoding($info_hash, 'UTF8') ? $info_hash : $info_hash_hex));
-}
 
 function msg_die ($msg)
 {