diff --git a/fanficdownloader/exceptions.py b/fanficdownloader/exceptions.py
index 525c64e0..08ce1f2d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/exceptions.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/exceptions.py
@@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ class UnknownSite(Exception):
     def __str__(self):
         return "Unknown Site(%s).  Supported sites: (%s)" % (self.url, ", ".join(self.supported_sites_list))
 
+class FailedToWriteOutput(Exception):
+    def __init__(self,error):
+        self.error=error
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.error
+
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/html.py b/fanficdownloader/html.py
index e1ca7db5..22fb40af 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/html.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/html.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class HtmlProcessor:
     self.unfill = unfill
     html = self._ProcessRawHtml(html)
     self._soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
-    if self._soup.title:
+    if self._soup.title.contents:
       self.title = self._soup.title.contents[0]
     else:
       self.title = None
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/mobi.py b/fanficdownloader/mobi.py
index 4748e202..7a527154 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/mobi.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/mobi.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import time
 import random
 import logging
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 from html import HtmlProcessor
 
 # http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ class Converter:
       tmp = self.MakeOneHTML(html_strs)
       self._ConvertStringToFile(tmp, out_file)
     except Exception, e:
-      logging.error('Error %s', e)
-      logging.debug('Details: %s' % html_strs)
+      logger.error('Error %s', e)
+      #logger.debug('Details: %s' % html_strs)
 
   def _ConvertStringToFile(self, html_data, out):
     html = HtmlProcessor(html_data)
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_mobi.py b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_mobi.py
index 6b5d8e65..5da8743b 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_mobi.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_mobi.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import StringIO
 from base_writer import *
 from ..htmlcleanup import stripHTML
 from ..mobi import Converter
+from ..exceptions import FailedToWriteOutput
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class MobiWriter(BaseStoryWriter):
 
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ ${value}<br />
         
         for index, (title,html) in enumerate(self.story.getChapters()):
             if html:
-                logging.debug('Writing chapter text for: %s' % title)
+                logger.debug('Writing chapter text for: %s' % title)
                 vals={'chapter':title, 'index':"%04d"%(index+1), 'number':index+1}
                 fullhtml = CHAPTER_START.substitute(vals) + html + CHAPTER_END.substitute(vals)
                 # ffnet(& maybe others) gives the whole chapter text
@@ -175,6 +178,8 @@ ${value}<br />
                       author=self.getMetadata('author'),
                       publisher=self.getMetadata('site'))
         mobidata = c.ConvertStrings(files)
+        if len(mobidata) < 1:
+            raise FailedToWriteOutput("Zero length mobi output")
         out.write(mobidata)
         
         del files