diff --git a/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Database.java b/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Database.java
index 1844da1..2448423 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Database.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Database.java
@@ -133,11 +133,17 @@ class Database {
                         if (database.getName().contains(".hdb")) {//.hdb format: md5, size, name
                             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                                 String[] lineS = line.split(":");
+                                if(Utils.TRIM_VARIANT_NUMBER) {
+                                    lineS[2] = lineS[2].split("-")[0];
+                                }
                                 signaturesMD5.put(lineS[0].substring(0, Utils.MAX_HASH_LENGTH), lineS[2]);
                             }
                         } else if (database.getName().contains(".hsb")) {//.hsb format: sha256, size, name
                             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                                 String[] lineS = line.split(":");
+                                if(Utils.TRIM_VARIANT_NUMBER) {
+                                    lineS[2] = lineS[2].split("-")[0];
+                                }
                                 if (lineS[0].length() == 32) {
                                     signaturesSHA1.put(lineS[0].substring(0, Utils.MAX_HASH_LENGTH), lineS[2]);
                                 } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Utils.java
index 995c653..e8ea25a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/us/spotco/malwarescanner/Utils.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ class Utils {
     public final static int MAX_SCAN_SIZE = (1000 * 1000) * 80; //80MB
     public final static int MAX_SCAN_SIZE_REALTIME = MAX_SCAN_SIZE / 2; //40MB
 
-    public final static int MAX_HASH_LENGTH = 16;
+    public final static int MAX_HASH_LENGTH = 12;
+    public final static boolean TRIM_VARIANT_NUMBER = true;
+
     public static int FILES_SCANNED = 0;
     private static ThreadPoolExecutor threadPoolExecutor = null;