diff --git a/plugins/Google.py b/plugins/Google.py
index 936ca25e0..08e73774b 100644
--- a/plugins/Google.py
+++ b/plugins/Google.py
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ class Google(callbacks.PrivmsgCommandAndRegexp, plugins.Configurable):
             fd = urllib2.urlopen(request)
             text = fd.read()
             fd.close()
+            mThread = self._ggThread.search(text)
+            mGroup = self._ggGroup.search(text)
         elif '&output=gplain' in match.group(0):
             mThread = self._ggPlainThread.search(text)
             mGroup = self._ggPlainGroup.search(text)
diff --git a/test/test_Google.py b/test/test_Google.py
index 46710eb3f..3a83f4f52 100644
--- a/test/test_Google.py
+++ b/test/test_Google.py
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ class GoogleTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase, PluginDocumentation):
                           'selm=1.5.4.32.19970313170853.00674d60%40adan.'
                           'kingston.net&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain',
                           r'Madrid Bluegrass Ramble')
+        self.assertRegexp('http://groups.google.com/groups?'
+                          'dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=mailman.1010.'
+                          '1069645289.702.python-list%40python.org'
+                          '&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8'
+                          '%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python',
+                          r'comp\.lang\.python.*What exactly are bound')
 
     def testConfig(self):
         self.assertNotError('google config groups-snarfer off')