diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/readcomiconline.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/readcomiconline.py
index 285c769f..0bbf5419 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/readcomiconline.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/readcomiconline.py
@@ -80,21 +80,20 @@ class ReadcomiconlineIssueExtractor(ReadcomiconlineBase, ChapterExtractor):
     def images(self, page):
         results = []
         referer = {"_http_headers": {"Referer": self.page_url}}
-        root = text.extr(page, "return baeu(l, '", "'")
+        root, pos = text.extract(page, "return baeu(l, '", "'")
+        _   , pos = text.extract(page, "var pth = '", "", pos)
+        var , pos = text.extract(page, "var ", "= '", pos)
 
         replacements = re.findall(
             r"l = l\.replace\(/([^/]+)/g, [\"']([^\"']*)", page)
 
-        for block in page.split("\t\tpht = '")[1:]:
-            pth = text.extr(block, "", "'")
+        for path in page.split(var)[2:]:
+            path = text.extr(path, "= '", "'")
 
-            for needle, repl in re.findall(
-                    r"pth = pth\.replace\(/([^/]+)/g, [\"']([^\"']*)", block):
-                pth = pth.replace(needle, repl)
             for needle, repl in replacements:
-                pth = pth.replace(needle, repl)
+                path = path.replace(needle, repl)
 
-            results.append((baeu(pth, root), referer))
+            results.append((baeu(path, root), referer))
 
         return results
 
diff --git a/test/results/readcomiconline.py b/test/results/readcomiconline.py
index 883ed321..0f316a7c 100644
--- a/test/results/readcomiconline.py
+++ b/test/results/readcomiconline.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#category": ("", "readcomiconline", "comic"),
     "#class"   : readcomiconline.ReadcomiconlineComicExtractor,
     "#sha1_url"     : "74eb8b9504b4084fcc9367b341300b2c52260918",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "3986248e4458fa44a201ec073c3684917f48ee0c",
+    "#sha1_metadata": "574051aaf7a5c92dafed9e94baa40a1a93db5c90",
 },
 
 {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#category": ("", "readcomiconline", "comic"),
     "#class"   : readcomiconline.ReadcomiconlineComicExtractor,
     "#sha1_url"     : "2f66a467a772df4d4592e97a059ddbc3e8991799",
-    "#sha1_metadata": "f5ba5246cd787bb750924d9690cb1549199bd516",
+    "#sha1_metadata": "9563a19454e1b4e0da5b7a28112bf00a3e8069a8",
 },
 
 )