diff --git a/src/pt/betteranime/build.gradle b/src/pt/betteranime/build.gradle
index 4c6c2e4a1..4d179d642 100644
--- a/src/pt/betteranime/build.gradle
+++ b/src/pt/betteranime/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'Better Anime'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'pt.betteranime'
     extClass = '.BetterAnime'
-    extVersionCode = 6
+    extVersionCode = 7
     libVersion = '13'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BAFilters.kt b/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BAFilters.kt
index 2c0b71377..446001788 100644
--- a/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BAFilters.kt
+++ b/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BAFilters.kt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ object BAFilters {
     internal fun getSearchParameters(filters: AnimeFilterList): FilterSearchParams {
         if (filters.isEmpty()) return FilterSearchParams()
 
-        val genres = listOf("") + filters.getFirst<GenresFilter>().state
+        val genres = listOf(" ") + filters.getFirst<GenresFilter>().state
             .mapNotNull { genre ->
                 if (genre.state) {
                     BAFiltersData.genres.find { it.first == genre.name }!!.second
diff --git a/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BetterAnime.kt b/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BetterAnime.kt
index 64edd1ba9..c8c1b9c8c 100644
--- a/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BetterAnime.kt
+++ b/src/pt/betteranime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/animeextension/pt/betteranime/BetterAnime.kt
@@ -65,13 +65,16 @@ class BetterAnime : ConfigurableAnimeSource, ParsedAnimeHttpSource() {
         .add("Accept-Language", ACCEPT_LANGUAGE)
 
     // ============================== Popular ===============================
-    // The site doesn't have a popular anime tab, so we use the latest anime page instead.
-    override fun fetchPopularAnime(page: Int) = super.fetchLatestUpdates(page)
+    // The site doesn't have a true popular anime tab,
+    // so we use the latest added anime page instead.
+    override fun popularAnimeSelector() = latestUpdatesSelector()
 
-    override fun popularAnimeSelector() = throw Exception("not used")
-    override fun popularAnimeFromElement(element: Element) = throw Exception("not used")
-    override fun popularAnimeRequest(page: Int) = throw Exception("not used")
-    override fun popularAnimeNextPageSelector() = null
+    override fun popularAnimeFromElement(element: Element) = latestUpdatesFromElement(element)
+
+    override fun popularAnimeRequest(page: Int): Request =
+        GET("$baseUrl/ultimosAdicionados?page=$page")
+
+    override fun popularAnimeNextPageSelector() = latestUpdatesNextPageSelector()
 
     // ============================== Episodes ==============================
     override fun episodeListSelector(): String = "ul#episodesList > li.list-group-item-action > a"
@@ -84,9 +87,7 @@ class BetterAnime : ConfigurableAnimeSource, ParsedAnimeHttpSource() {
             val episodeName = element.text()
             setUrlWithoutDomain(element.attr("href"))
             name = episodeName
-            episode_number = runCatching {
-                episodeName.substringAfterLast(" ").toFloat()
-            }.getOrDefault(0F)
+            episode_number = episodeName.substringAfterLast(" ").toFloatOrNull() ?: 0F
         }
     }
 
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ class BetterAnime : ConfigurableAnimeSource, ParsedAnimeHttpSource() {
             ?.trim()
     }
 
-    private inline fun String.toPayloadData(name: String): PayloadData? {
+    private fun String.toPayloadData(name: String): PayloadData? {
         return when {
             isNotBlank() -> PayloadData(name = name, value = listOf(this))
             else -> null