diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamUrlIdHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamUrlIdHandler.java
index 355da0402..0d52612da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamUrlIdHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamUrlIdHandler.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 
 /**
  * Created by Christian Schabesberger on 02.02.16.
@@ -149,12 +148,14 @@ public class YoutubeStreamUrlIdHandler implements UrlIdHandler {
 
     @Override
     public boolean acceptUrl(String videoUrl) {
+        String originalUrl = videoUrl;
+
         videoUrl = videoUrl.toLowerCase();
         if(videoUrl.contains("youtube") ||
                 videoUrl.contains("youtu.be")) {
             // bad programming I know
             try {
-                getId(videoUrl);
+                getId(originalUrl);
                 return true;
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 return false;