diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e2c7e1..1c8aa6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 {
-	"name": "ts3bot",
-	"version": "0.2.0",
-	"description": "Allows running TeamSpeak3 as a bot for all kinds of media (local music/videos/streams/YouTube/...) without the need for a real GUI to exist.",
-	"main": "app.js",
-	"keywords": [
-		"teamspeak",
-		"teamspeak3",
-		"ts3",
-		"bot",
-		"ts3bot",
-		"teamspeak3bot",
-		"music",
-		"playback",
-		"audio",
-		"video",
-		"media",
-		"musicbot"
-	],
-	"author": "Carl Kittelberger <icedream2k9@die-optimisten.net>",
-	"license": "GPL-3.0+",
-	"dependencies": {
-		"express": "^4.13.3",
-		"iced-coffee-script": "^108.0.8",
-		"merge": "^1.2.0",
-		"mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
-		"nconf": "^0.7.2",
-		"npm-which": "^2.0.0",
-		"password-generator": "^2.0.1",
-		"querystring": "^0.2.0",
-		"request": "^2.61.0",
-		"simple-ini": "^1.0.3",
-		"sqlite3": "^3.1.0",
-		"stream-splitter": "^0.3.2",
-		"string.prototype.startswith": "^0.2.0",
-		"sync": "^0.2.5",
-		"valid-url": "^1.0.9",
-		"vlc-api": "0.0.0",
-		"which": "^1.1.2",
-		"winston": "^1.0.1",
-		"xvfb": "git://github.com/icedream/node-xvfb.git"
-	}
+  "name": "ts3bot",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "Allows running TeamSpeak3 as a bot for all kinds of media (local music/videos/streams/YouTube/...) without the need for a real GUI to exist.",
+  "main": "app.js",
+  "keywords": [
+    "teamspeak",
+    "teamspeak3",
+    "ts3",
+    "bot",
+    "ts3bot",
+    "teamspeak3bot",
+    "music",
+    "playback",
+    "audio",
+    "video",
+    "media",
+    "musicbot"
+  ],
+  "author": "Carl Kittelberger <icedream2k9@die-optimisten.net>",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0+",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.13.3",
+    "iced-coffee-script": "^108.0.8",
+    "merge": "^1.2.0",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "nconf": "^0.7.2",
+    "npm-which": "^2.0.0",
+    "password-generator": "^2.0.1",
+    "querystring": "^0.2.0",
+    "request": "^2.61.0",
+    "simple-ini": "^1.0.3",
+    "sqlite3": "^3.1.0",
+    "stream-splitter": "^0.3.2",
+    "string.prototype.startswith": "^0.2.0",
+    "sync": "^0.2.5",
+    "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
+    "vlc-api": "0.0.0",
+    "which": "^1.1.2",
+    "winston": "^1.0.1",
+    "xvfb": "git://github.com/icedream/node-xvfb.git",
+    "youtube-dl": "^1.10.5"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/services/api.iced b/services/api.iced
index f92fd04..3d18085 100644
--- a/services/api.iced
+++ b/services/api.iced
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Socket = net.Socket
 getLogger = require "../logger"
 config = require "../config"
 log = getLogger "API"
+youtubedl = require "youtube-dl"
 #PulseAudio = require "pulseaudio"
 isValidUrl = (require "valid-url").isWebUri
 
@@ -60,14 +61,29 @@ module.exports = class APIService extends services.Service
 					log.warn "VLC API returned an error when trying to empty", err
 					return
 
-				await vlc.status.play input, defer(err)
+				# let's give youtube-dl a shot!
+				await youtubedl.getInfo input, [
+					"--format=bestaudio"
+				], defer(err, info)
+				if err or not info?
+					await youtubedl.getInfo input, [
+						"--format=best"
+					], defer(err, info)
+				if err or not info?
+					info =
+						url: input
+				if not info.url?
+					info.url = input
+					info.title = input # URL as title
+
+				await vlc.status.play info.url, defer(err)
 				if err
 					vlc.status.empty()
 					res.status(503).send("Something went wrong")
 					log.warn "VLC API returned an error when trying to play", err
 					return
 
-				res.send("OK")
+				res.send JSON.stringify info
 
 			app.get "/stop", (req, res) =>
 				if not req.query.uid