diff --git a/misskaty/plugins/ytdl_download_new.py b/misskaty/plugins/ytdl_download_new.py
index d6a9ea45..933b2305 100644
--- a/misskaty/plugins/ytdl_download_new.py
+++ b/misskaty/plugins/ytdl_download_new.py
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ async def ytdownv2(_, message):
     async with iYTDL(
         log_group_id=0, cache_path="cache", ffmpeg_location="/usr/bin/mediaextract"
     ) as ytdl:
-        x = await ytdl.parse(url)
-        if x is None:
-            return await message.reply("Failed parse URL, check logs..")
+        try:
+            x = await ytdl.parse(url)
+        except Exception err:
+            return await message.reply(f"<code>{err}</code>")
         img = await get_ytthumb(x.key)
         caption = x.caption
         markup = x.buttons