diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ff329a6..d049598 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
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         "zod": "^3.22.4"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -231,6 +231,25 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@distube/ytdl-core/-/ytdl-core-4.13.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g+4UJIR/auAJbia7iB0aWvaJDbs22P53NySWa47b1NT4xMTDJYguxHFArPrvRkcJrb/AgKjv/XoSZGghpL0CJA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "http-cookie-agent": "^6.0.5",
+        "m3u8stream": "^0.8.6",
+        "miniget": "^4.2.3",
+        "sax": "^1.4.1",
+        "tough-cookie": "^4.1.4",
+        "undici": "^6.19.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/distubejs/ytdl-core?sponsor"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild-kit/cjs-loader/-/cjs-loader-2.4.2.tgz",
@@ -6159,6 +6178,29 @@
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       "license": "ISC"
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+    "node_modules/http-cookie-agent": {
+      "version": "6.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-cookie-agent/-/http-cookie-agent-6.0.5.tgz",
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+      "dependencies": {
+        "agent-base": "^7.1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/3846masa"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "tough-cookie": "^4.0.0",
+        "undici": "^5.11.0 || ^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "undici": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/http-errors": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -8362,6 +8404,11 @@
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     },
+    "node_modules/psl": {
+      "version": "1.9.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.9.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-E/ZsdU4HLs/68gYzgGTkMicWTLPdAftJLfJFlLUAAKZGkStNU72sZjT66SnMDVOfOWY/YAoiD7Jxa9iHvngcag=="
+    },
     "node_modules/punycode": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -8386,6 +8433,11 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
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+    "node_modules/querystringify": {
+      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystringify/-/querystringify-2.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FIqgj2EUvTa7R50u0rGsyTftzjYmv/a3hO345bZNrqabNqjtgiDMgmo4mkUjd+nzU5oF3dClKqFIPUKybUyqoQ=="
+    },
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       "version": "1.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/queue-lit/-/queue-lit-1.5.0.tgz",
@@ -8680,6 +8732,11 @@
         "node": ">=8.6.0"
       }
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+    "node_modules/requires-port": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ=="
+    },
     "node_modules/resolve": {
       "version": "1.22.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve/-/resolve-1.22.8.tgz",
@@ -9677,6 +9734,20 @@
         "node": ">=0.6"
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+    "node_modules/tough-cookie": {
+      "version": "4.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-4.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Loo5UUvLD9ScZ6jh8beX1T6sO1w2/MpCRpEP7V280GKMVUQ0Jzar2U3UJPsrdbziLEMMhu3Ujnq//rhiFuIeag==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "psl": "^1.1.33",
+        "punycode": "^2.1.1",
+        "universalify": "^0.2.0",
+        "url-parse": "^1.5.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tr46": {
       "version": "0.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
@@ -9903,12 +9974,28 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/undici": {
+      "version": "6.19.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.19.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-i3uaEUwNdkRq2qtTRRJb13moW5HWqviu7Vl7oYRYz++uPtGHJj+x7TGjcEuwS5Mt2P4nA0U9dhIX3DdB6JGY0g==",
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/undici-types": {
       "version": "5.26.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/universalify": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CJ1QgKmNg3CwvAv/kOFmtnEN05f0D/cn9QntgNOQlQF9dgvVTHj3t+8JPdjqawCHk7V/KA+fbUqzZ9XWhcqPUg==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/unpipe": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -9977,6 +10064,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/fisker/url-or-path?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/url-parse": {
+      "version": "1.5.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WypcfiRhfeUP9vvF0j6rw0J3hrWrw6iZv3+22h6iRMJ/8z1Tj6XfLP4DsUix5MhMPnXpiHDoKyoZ/bdCkwBCiQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "querystringify": "^2.1.1",
+        "requires-port": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/url-template": {
       "version": "2.0.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-template/-/url-template-2.0.8.tgz",
@@ -10459,19 +10555,6 @@
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-    "node_modules/ytdl-core": {
-      "version": "4.11.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ytdl-core/-/ytdl-core-4.11.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-27LwsW4n4nyNviRCO1hmr8Wr5J1wLLMawHCQvH8Fk0hiRqrxuIu028WzbJetiYH28K8XDbeinYW4/wcHQD1EXA==",
-      "dependencies": {
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-        "miniget": "^4.2.2",
-        "sax": "^1.1.3"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-3.22.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 636d7d2..c88b8cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "xo": "^0.56.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@distube/ytdl-core": "^4.13.5",
     "@fastify/cookie": "^9.3.1",
     "@fastify/cors": "^8.4.2",
     "@fastify/multipart": "^8.2.0",
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@
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     "tsc": "^2.0.4",
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diff --git a/src/utils/youtube.js b/src/utils/youtube.js
index 8232e69..004f671 100644
--- a/src/utils/youtube.js
+++ b/src/utils/youtube.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db } from '../db/index.js';
 import { sessions } from '../db/schemas.js';
 import { google } from 'googleapis';
-import ytdl from 'ytdl-core';
+import ytdl from "@distube/ytdl-core";
 import { getWhisperCaptions } from './ai.js';
 import { articles as articlesTable } from "../db/schemas.js";
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eba9cdc..c357b15 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
     chalk "^2.4.2"
     js-tokens "^4.0.0"
 
+"@distube/ytdl-core@^4.13.5":
+  version "4.13.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@distube/ytdl-core/-/ytdl-core-4.13.5.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-g+4UJIR/auAJbia7iB0aWvaJDbs22P53NySWa47b1NT4xMTDJYguxHFArPrvRkcJrb/AgKjv/XoSZGghpL0CJA==
+  dependencies:
+    http-cookie-agent "^6.0.5"
+    m3u8stream "^0.8.6"
+    miniget "^4.2.3"
+    sax "^1.4.1"
+    tough-cookie "^4.1.4"
+    undici "^6.19.2"
+
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   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@esbuild-kit/cjs-loader/-/cjs-loader-2.4.2.tgz"
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-agent-base@^7.0.2:
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   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-7.1.1.tgz"
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+http-cookie-agent@^6.0.5:
+  version "6.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-cookie-agent/-/http-cookie-agent-6.0.5.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-sfZ8fDgDP3B1YB+teqSnAK1aPgBu8reUUGxSsndP2XnYN6cM29EURXWXZqQQiaRdor3B4QjpkUNfv21syaO4DA==
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^7.1.1"
+
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   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-2.0.0.tgz"
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-miniget@^4.2.2:
+miniget@^4.2.2, miniget@^4.2.3:
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   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/miniget/-/miniget-4.2.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-SjbDPDICJ1zT+ZvQwK0hUcRY4wxlhhNpHL9nJOB2MEAXRGagTljsO8MEDzQMTFf0Q8g4QNi8P9lEm/g7e+qgzA==
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-punycode@^2.1.0:
+psl@^1.1.33:
+  version "1.9.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.9.0.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-E/ZsdU4HLs/68gYzgGTkMicWTLPdAftJLfJFlLUAAKZGkStNU72sZjT66SnMDVOfOWY/YAoiD7Jxa9iHvngcag==
+
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@@ -4286,6 +4310,11 @@ qs@^6.11.0, qs@^6.7.0:
   dependencies:
     side-channel "^1.0.6"
 
+querystringify@^2.1.1:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystringify/-/querystringify-2.2.0.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-FIqgj2EUvTa7R50u0rGsyTftzjYmv/a3hO345bZNrqabNqjtgiDMgmo4mkUjd+nzU5oF3dClKqFIPUKybUyqoQ==
+
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   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/queue-lit/-/queue-lit-1.5.0.tgz"
@@ -4406,6 +4435,11 @@ require-in-the-middle@^7.1.1:
     module-details-from-path "^1.0.3"
     resolve "^1.22.1"
 
+requires-port@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ==
+
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   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-4.0.0.tgz"
@@ -4516,7 +4550,7 @@ safe-stable-stringify@^2.3.1:
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-sax@^1.1.3, sax@^1.2.4, sax@>=0.6.0:
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   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/sax/-/sax-1.4.1.tgz"
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+tough-cookie@^4.0.0, tough-cookie@^4.1.4:
+  version "4.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-4.1.4.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-Loo5UUvLD9ScZ6jh8beX1T6sO1w2/MpCRpEP7V280GKMVUQ0Jzar2U3UJPsrdbziLEMMhu3Ujnq//rhiFuIeag==
+  dependencies:
+    psl "^1.1.33"
+    punycode "^2.1.1"
+    universalify "^0.2.0"
+    url-parse "^1.5.3"
+
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   version "0.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz"
@@ -5104,6 +5148,16 @@ undici-types@~5.26.4:
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+"undici@^5.11.0 || ^6.0.0", undici@^6.19.2:
+  version "6.19.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-6.19.4.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-i3uaEUwNdkRq2qtTRRJb13moW5HWqviu7Vl7oYRYz++uPtGHJj+x7TGjcEuwS5Mt2P4nA0U9dhIX3DdB6JGY0g==
+
+universalify@^0.2.0:
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.2.0.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-CJ1QgKmNg3CwvAv/kOFmtnEN05f0D/cn9QntgNOQlQF9dgvVTHj3t+8JPdjqawCHk7V/KA+fbUqzZ9XWhcqPUg==
+
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   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz"
@@ -5134,6 +5188,14 @@ url-or-path@^2.1.0:
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+url-parse@^1.5.3:
+  version "1.5.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.10.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-WypcfiRhfeUP9vvF0j6rw0J3hrWrw6iZv3+22h6iRMJ/8z1Tj6XfLP4DsUix5MhMPnXpiHDoKyoZ/bdCkwBCiQ==
+  dependencies:
+    querystringify "^2.1.1"
+    requires-port "^1.0.0"
+
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   version "2.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-template/-/url-template-2.0.8.tgz"
@@ -5327,15 +5389,6 @@ yocto-queue@^1.0.0:
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   integrity sha512-9bnSc/HEW2uRy67wc+T8UwauLuPJVn28jb+GtJY16iiKWyvmYJRXVT4UamsAEGQfPohgr2q4Tq0sQbQlxTfi1g==
 
-ytdl-core@^4.11.5:
-  version "4.11.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ytdl-core/-/ytdl-core-4.11.5.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-27LwsW4n4nyNviRCO1hmr8Wr5J1wLLMawHCQvH8Fk0hiRqrxuIu028WzbJetiYH28K8XDbeinYW4/wcHQD1EXA==
-  dependencies:
-    m3u8stream "^0.8.6"
-    miniget "^4.2.2"
-    sax "^1.1.3"
-
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   version "3.22.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-3.22.4.tgz"