diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 00954e2c3..e58408f04 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -271,8 +271,9 @@ def is_page_candidate(urlLink, urlTitle, title, artist):
     tokens = [by + '_' + artist for by in BY_TRANS] + \
              [artist, sitename, sitename.replace('www.', '')] + LYRICS_TRANS
     songTitle = re.sub(u'(%s)' % u'|'.join(tokens), u'', urlTitle)
+    songTitle = songTitle.strip('_|')
+    typoRatio = .9
 
-    typoRatio = .8
     return difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, songTitle, title).ratio() >= typoRatio