diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/SubtitleResolver.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/SubtitleResolver.cs
index d2c0feabe5..f64b7b7927 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/SubtitleResolver.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/SubtitleResolver.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
                     // Try to translate to three character code
                     // Be flexible and check against both the full and three character versions
                     var culture = _localization.GetCultures()
-                        .FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(i.DisplayName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(i.Name, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(i.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(i.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+                        .FirstOrDefault(i => string.Equals(i.DisplayName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || 
+                        string.Equals(i.Name, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || 
+                        string.Equals(i.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || 
+                        string.Equals(i.TwoLetterISOLanguageName, language, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
                     if (culture != null)
                     {
@@ -99,10 +102,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
         private string NormalizeFilenameForSubtitleComparison(string filename)
         {
             // Try to account for sloppy file naming
-            filename = filename.Replace("-", string.Empty);
             filename = filename.Replace("_", string.Empty);
             filename = filename.Replace(" ", string.Empty);
 
+            // can't normalize this due to languages such as pt-br
+            //filename = filename.Replace("-", string.Empty);
+
             //filename = filename.Replace(".", string.Empty);
 
             return filename;