diff --git a/src/content.ts b/src/content.ts
index 63835301..89e78938 100644
--- a/src/content.ts
+++ b/src/content.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import * as Chat from "./js-components/chat";
 import { getCategoryActionType } from "./utils/categoryUtils";
 import { SkipButtonControlBar } from "./js-components/skipButtonControlBar";
 import { Tooltip } from "./render/Tooltip";
+import { getStartTimeFromUrl } from "./utils/urlParser";
 
 // Hack to get the CSS loaded on permission-based sites (Invidious)
 utils.wait(() => Config.config !== null, 5000, 10).then(addCSS);
@@ -775,22 +776,25 @@ function retryFetch(): void {
 function startSkipScheduleCheckingForStartSponsors() {
     if (!switchingVideos && sponsorTimes) {
         // See if there are any starting sponsors
-        let startingSegmentTime = -1;
+        let startingSegmentTime = getStartTimeFromUrl(document.URL) || -1;
+        let found = false;
         let startingSegment: SponsorTime = null;
         for (const time of sponsorTimes) {
             if (time.segment[0] <= video.currentTime && time.segment[0] > startingSegmentTime && time.segment[1] > video.currentTime 
                     && getCategoryActionType(time.category) === CategoryActionType.Skippable) {
                         startingSegmentTime = time.segment[0];
                         startingSegment = time;
+                        found = true;
                 break;
             }
         }
-        if (startingSegmentTime === -1) {
+        if (!found) {
             for (const time of sponsorTimesSubmitting) {
                 if (time.segment[0] <= video.currentTime && time.segment[0] > startingSegmentTime && time.segment[1] > video.currentTime 
                         && getCategoryActionType(time.category) === CategoryActionType.Skippable) {
                             startingSegmentTime = time.segment[0];
                             startingSegment = time;
+                            found = true;
                     break;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/utils/urlParser.ts b/src/utils/urlParser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f5067c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/urlParser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+export function getStartTimeFromUrl(url: string): number {
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(url);
+    const time = urlParams?.get('t') || urlParams?.get('time_continue');
+
+    return urlTimeToSeconds(time);
+}
+
+export function urlTimeToSeconds(time: string): number {
+    if (!time) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    const re = /(?:(?<hours>\d{1,3})h)?(?:(?<minutes>\d{1,2})m)?(?<seconds>\d+)s?/;
+    const match = re.exec(time);
+
+    if (match) {
+        const hours = parseInt(match.groups.hours ?? '0', 10);
+        const minutes = parseInt(match.groups.minutes ?? '0', 10);
+        const seconds = parseInt(match.groups.seconds ?? '0', 10);
+
+        return hours * 3600 + minutes * 60 + seconds;
+    } else if (/\d+/.test(time)) {
+        return parseInt(time, 10);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/urlParser.test.ts b/test/urlParser.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32cf1568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/urlParser.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { getStartTimeFromUrl } from '../src/utils/urlParser';
+
+describe("getStartTimeFromUrl", () => {
+    it("parses with a number", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=123")).toBe(123);
+    });
+
+    it("parses with a seconds", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=123s")).toBe(123);
+    });
+
+    it("parses with a minutes", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=23m3s")).toBe(23 * 60 + 3);
+    });
+
+    it("parses with a hours", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=1h2m3s")).toBe(1 * 60 * 60 + 2 * 60 + 3);
+    });
+
+    it("works with time_continue", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&time_continue=123")).toBe(123);
+    });
+
+    it("works with no time", () => {
+        expect(getStartTimeFromUrl("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")).toBe(0);
+    });
+});
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