diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index c12fb6cb..916c2c73 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Returns with video id else returns false
   var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#\&\?]*).*/;
   var match = url.match(regExp);
-  var id = new URL(url).searchParams.get("v");
-  if (url.includes("/embed/")) { //it is an embed, don't search for v
-    id = match[7];
-  }
-   return (match) ? id : false;
+  var id = url.includes("/embed/") ? match[7] : new URL(url).searchParams.get("v");
+  return (match && id.length === 11) ? id : false;
 }
 
 //returns the start time of the video if there was one specified (ex. ?t=5s)