diff --git a/src/epg.c b/src/epg.c
index 5c7cc073..bb786bc8 100644
--- a/src/epg.c
+++ b/src/epg.c
@@ -1930,8 +1930,8 @@ void epg_query_sort(epg_query_result_t *eqr)
 /* Hash title/summary/description to form URI */
 char *epg_hash ( const char *t, const char *s, const char *d )
 {
-  if ( d ) return md5sum(d);
-  if ( s ) return md5sum(d);
+  if ( d && strlen(d) > 10 ) return md5sum(d);
+  if ( s && strlen(d) > 10 ) return md5sum(d);
   if ( t ) return md5sum(t);
   return NULL;
 }