diff --git a/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py b/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
index da1941de4..d417a36ce 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class perform_site_check():
             if has_filter_rule:
                 if 'json:' in css_filter_rule:
                     stripped_text_from_html = html_tools.extract_json_as_string(content=fetcher.content, jsonpath_filter=css_filter_rule)
+                    original_content_before_filters = stripped_text_from_html
                     is_text_or_html = False
 
             if is_text_or_html:
diff --git a/changedetectionio/update_worker.py b/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
index 441eb9ee7..1c6d64123 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/update_worker.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class update_worker(threading.Thread):
                     now = time.time()
 
                     try:
-
                         changed_detected, update_obj, contents = update_handler.run(uuid)
 
                         # Re #342