diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
index bf8a0e9..9e311d6 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/site_downloaders/imgur.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ class Imgur(BaseDownloader):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_data(link: str) -> dict:
-        if re.match(r".*i\.imgur\.com.*\.gifv$", link):
-            link = link.replace("i.imgur", "imgur")[:-5]
+        if re.match(r'.*i\.imgur\.com.*\.gifv$', link):
+            link = link.replace('i.imgur', 'imgur')
+            link = link.rstrip('.gifv')
+
         res = requests.get(link, cookies={'over18': '1', 'postpagebeta': '0'})
 
         if res.status_code != 200: