diff --git a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
index 141c427b6..d48960b79 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class FactoidsCallback(httpserver.SupyHTTPServerCallback):
             self.write(httpserver.get_template('factoids/index.html'))
         elif len(parts) == 2:
             channel = utils.web.urlunquote(parts[0])
-            if not irc.isChannel(channel):
+            if not ircutils.isChannel(channel):
                 self.send_response(404)
                 self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
                 self.end_headers()
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ class FactoidsCallback(httpserver.SupyHTTPServerCallback):
                         {'title': 'Factoids - not a channel',
                          'error': 'This is not a channel'})
                 return
-            if not self._plugin.registryValue('web.channel',
-                                              channel, irc.network):
+            if not self._plugin.registryValue('web.channel', channel):
                 self.send_response(403)
                 self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
                 self.end_headers()