diff --git a/dosagelib/scraper.py b/dosagelib/scraper.py
index 04b463664..71878b2d6 100644
--- a/dosagelib/scraper.py
+++ b/dosagelib/scraper.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import requests
 import time
 from . import loader
-from .util import fetchUrl, fetchUrls, getPageContent, makeList
+from .util import fetchUrl, fetchUrls, getPageContent, makeSequence
 from .comic import ComicStrip
 from .output import out
 from .events import getHandler
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
         imageUrls = fetchUrls(url, data, baseUrl, self.imageSearch)
         imageUrls = set(map(self.imageUrlModifier, imageUrls))
         if len(imageUrls) > 1 and not self.multipleImagesPerStrip:
-            patterns = [x.pattern for x in makeList(self.imageSearch)]
+            patterns = [x.pattern for x in makeSequence(self.imageSearch)]
             out.warn("found %d images instead of 1 at %s with patterns %s" % (len(imageUrls), url, patterns))
         elif not imageUrls:
-            patterns = [x.pattern for x in makeList(self.imageSearch)]
+            patterns = [x.pattern for x in makeSequence(self.imageSearch)]
             out.warn("found no images at %s with patterns %s" % (url, patterns))
         return ComicStrip(self.getName(), url, imageUrls, self.namer, self.session)
 
diff --git a/dosagelib/util.py b/dosagelib/util.py
index 725d63166..36921c280 100644
--- a/dosagelib/util.py
+++ b/dosagelib/util.py
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@ def getImageObject(url, referrer, session, max_content_bytes=MaxImageBytes):
     return urlopen(url, session, referrer=referrer, max_content_bytes=max_content_bytes)
 
 
-def makeList(item):
-    """If tiem is already a list or tuple, return it.
-    Else return a list with item as single element."""
+def makeSequence(item):
+    """If item is already a list or tuple, return it.
+    Else return a tuple with item as single element."""
     if isinstance(item, (list, tuple)):
         return item
-    return [item]
+    return (item,)
 
 
 def fetchUrls(url, data, baseUrl, urlSearch):
     """Search all entries for given URL pattern(s) in a HTML page."""
     searchUrls = []
-    searches = makeList(urlSearch)
+    searches = makeSequence(urlSearch)
     for search in searches:
         for match in search.finditer(data):
             searchUrl = match.group(1)