diff --git a/src/you_get/extractors/youtube.py b/src/you_get/extractors/youtube.py
index 70a5f1cb..2cfd1ec8 100644
--- a/src/you_get/extractors/youtube.py
+++ b/src/you_get/extractors/youtube.py
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ class YouTube(VideoExtractor):
 
                 # Parse video page (for DASH)
                 video_page = get_content('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % self.vid)
-                ytplayer_config = json.loads(re.search('ytplayer.config\s*=\s*([^\n]+?});', video_page).group(1))
-                self.html5player = 'https:' + ytplayer_config['assets']['js']
+                try:
+                    ytplayer_config = json.loads(re.search('ytplayer.config\s*=\s*([^\n]+?});', video_page).group(1))
+                    self.html5player = 'https:' + ytplayer_config['assets']['js']
+                except:
+                    self.html5player = None
 
             else:
                 # Parse video page instead
@@ -294,6 +297,7 @@ class YouTube(VideoExtractor):
                         }
         except:
             # VEVO
+            if not self.html5player: return
             self.js = get_content(self.html5player)
             if 'adaptive_fmts' in ytplayer_config['args']:
                 streams = [dict([(i.split('=')[0],