diff --git a/cogs/music.py b/cogs/music.py
index cbcd63d..8ab4961 100644
--- a/cogs/music.py
+++ b/cogs/music.py
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ ytdl_format_options = {
 	"default_search": "auto",
 	# "source_address": "0.0.0.0", # Bind to ipv4 since ipv6 addresses cause issues
 	"extract_flat": True, # massive speedup for fetching metadata, at the cost of no upload date
+	"cookiefile": "cookies.txt",
 }
 username = getenv("YOUTUBE_USERNAME")
 password = getenv("YOUTUBE_PASSWORD")