diff --git a/inc/processSubredditSidebar.js b/inc/processSubredditSidebar.js
index 875758e..40eace4 100644
--- a/inc/processSubredditSidebar.js
+++ b/inc/processSubredditSidebar.js
@@ -2,62 +2,66 @@ module.exports = function() {
   this.processSubredditSidebar = (subreddit, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       (async () => {
-        let key = `${subreddit}:sidebar`
-        redis.get(key, (error, json) => {
-          if(error) {
-            console.error(`Error getting the ${subreddit}:sidebar key from redis.`, error)
-            resolve(null)
-          }
-          if(json) {
-            json = JSON.parse(json)
-            let obj = {
-              title: json.data.title,
-              public_description_html: json.data.public_description_html,
-              active_user_count: json.data.active_user_count,
-              subscribers: json.data.subscribers,
-              created_utc: json.data.created_utc,
-              over18: json.data.over18,
-              description_html: json.data.description_html
+        if(subreddit && !subreddit.includes('+')) {
+          let key = `${subreddit}:sidebar`
+          redis.get(key, (error, json) => {
+            if(error) {
+              console.error(`Error getting the ${subreddit}:sidebar key from redis.`, error)
+              resolve(null)
             }
-            resolve(obj)
-          } else {
-            fetch(`https://oauth.reddit.com/r/${subreddit}/about`, redditApiGETHeaders())
-            .then(result => {
-              if(result.status === 200) {
-                result.json()
-                .then(json => {
-                  redis.setex(key, setexs.sidebar, JSON.stringify(json), (error) => {
-                    if(error) {
-                      console.error('Error setting the sidebar key to redis.', error)
-                      return res.render('index', { json: null, user_preferences: req.cookies })
-                    } else {
-                      console.log('Fetched the sidebar from reddit API.');
-                      (async () => {
-                        let obj = {
-                          title: json.data.title,
-                          public_description_html: json.data.public_description_html,
-                          active_user_count: json.data.active_user_count,
-                          subscribers: json.data.subscribers,
-                          created_utc: json.data.created_utc,
-                          over18: json.data.over18,
-                          description_html: json.data.description_html
-                        }
-                        resolve(obj)
-                      })()
-                    }
-                  })
-                })
-              } else {
-              console.error(`Something went wrong while fetching data from reddit API. ${result.status} – ${result.statusText}`)
-              console.error(reddit_api_error_text)
-              resolve(null)
+            if(json) {
+              json = JSON.parse(json)
+              let obj = {
+                title: json.data.title,
+                public_description_html: json.data.public_description_html,
+                active_user_count: json.data.active_user_count,
+                subscribers: json.data.subscribers,
+                created_utc: json.data.created_utc,
+                over18: json.data.over18,
+                description_html: json.data.description_html
               }
-            }).catch(error => {
-              console.error('Error fetching the sidebar.', error)
-              resolve(null)
-            })
-          }
-        })
+              resolve(obj)
+            } else {
+              fetch(`https://oauth.reddit.com/r/${subreddit}/about`, redditApiGETHeaders())
+              .then(result => {
+                if(result.status === 200) {
+                  result.json()
+                  .then(json => {
+                    redis.setex(key, setexs.sidebar, JSON.stringify(json), (error) => {
+                      if(error) {
+                        console.error('Error setting the sidebar key to redis.', error)
+                        return res.render('index', { json: null, user_preferences: req.cookies })
+                      } else {
+                        console.log('Fetched the sidebar from reddit API.');
+                        (async () => {
+                          let obj = {
+                            title: json.data.title,
+                            public_description_html: json.data.public_description_html,
+                            active_user_count: json.data.active_user_count,
+                            subscribers: json.data.subscribers,
+                            created_utc: json.data.created_utc,
+                            over18: json.data.over18,
+                            description_html: json.data.description_html
+                          }
+                          resolve(obj)
+                        })()
+                      }
+                    })
+                  })
+                } else {
+                console.error(`Something went wrong while fetching data from reddit API. ${result.status} – ${result.statusText}`)
+                console.error(reddit_api_error_text)
+                resolve(null)
+                }
+              }).catch(error => {
+                console.error('Error fetching the sidebar.', error)
+                resolve(null)
+              })
+            }
+          })
+        } else {
+          resolve(null)
+        }
       })()
     })
   }