diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9c1eee..32465bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ prisma/migrations
 database.db
 database.db-journal
 downloads
-session
\ No newline at end of file
+session
+ytcookies.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/models/youtube.ts b/src/models/youtube.ts
index 40260c8..c41a8c0 100644
--- a/src/models/youtube.ts
+++ b/src/models/youtube.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import { join } from "path";
 
 import { rootPath, sanitizePath } from "helpers/utils";
 
+const cookies = join(rootPath(), "ytcookies.txt");
+
 class Youtube extends Ytdlp {
   async formats() {
-    const p = spawn(["yt-dlp", "-F", this.url], {
+    const p = spawn(["yt-dlp", "--cookies", cookies, "-F", this.url], {
       stdout: "pipe",
       stderr: "pipe",
     });
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ class Youtube extends Ytdlp {
     const p = spawn(
       [
         "yt-dlp",
+        "--cookies",
+        cookies,
         "-f",
         `${formatId}+ba`,
         "--recode-video",
@@ -92,6 +96,8 @@ class Youtube extends Ytdlp {
     const p = spawn(
       [
         "yt-dlp",
+        "--cookies",
+        cookies,
         "--extract-audio",
         "--audio-format",
         "mp3",