diff --git a/botcmd.py b/botcmd.py
index 11978c8..7730b37 100644
--- a/botcmd.py
+++ b/botcmd.py
@@ -71,9 +71,15 @@ def extract_title(page_data):
 		if maybe_tag == -1: break
 		maybe_tag += index
 
-		if page_data[maybe_tag:maybe_tag+7].lower() == b'<title>':
-			title_start = maybe_tag + 7
-			break
+		if page_data[maybe_tag:maybe_tag+6].lower() == b'<title':
+			# Apparently <title> can have key="value" things
+			# Find the end of the tag
+			tag_closing = page_data[maybe_tag:].find(b'>')
+			if tag_closing != -1:
+				# It is relative to maybe_tag and we want
+				# the string after it
+				title_start = maybe_tag + tag_closing + 1
+				break
 		else:
 			index = maybe_tag + 1
 
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ def extract_title(page_data):
 	return title
 
 def sanitize(title):
+	if title is None: return None
 	return ''.join('\ufffd' if ord(c) < 32 else c for c in title)
 
 # handle_message(*, prefix, message, nick, channel, irc)