diff --git a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
index 8ffb9a2..d4b5bee 100644
--- a/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
+++ b/src/routes/postSkipSegments.js
@@ -411,36 +411,40 @@ module.exports = async function postSkipSegments(req, res) {
                 YouTubeAPI.listVideos(videoID, (err, data) => resolve({err, data}));
             });
 
-            //get all segments for this video and user
-            let allSubmittedByUser = db.prepare('all', "SELECT startTime, endTime FROM sponsorTimes WHERE userID = ? and videoID = ? and votes > -1", [userID, videoID]);
-            let allSegmentTimes = [];
-            if (allSubmittedByUser !== undefined) {
-                //add segments the user has previously submitted
-                for (const segmentInfo of allSubmittedByUser) {
-                    allSegmentTimes.push([parseFloat(segmentInfo.startTime), parseFloat(segmentInfo.endTime)])
+            if (err) {
+                logger.error("Error while submitting when connecting to YouTube API: " + err);
+            } else {
+                //get all segments for this video and user
+                let allSubmittedByUser = db.prepare('all', "SELECT startTime, endTime FROM sponsorTimes WHERE userID = ? and videoID = ? and votes > -1", [userID, videoID]);
+                let allSegmentTimes = [];
+                if (allSubmittedByUser !== undefined) {
+                    //add segments the user has previously submitted
+                    for (const segmentInfo of allSubmittedByUser) {
+                        allSegmentTimes.push([parseFloat(segmentInfo.startTime), parseFloat(segmentInfo.endTime)])
+                    }
                 }
-            }
 
-            //add segments they are trying to add in this submission
-            for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
-                let startTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[0]);
-                let endTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[1]);
-                allSegmentTimes.push([startTime, endTime]);
-            }
+                //add segments they are trying to add in this submission
+                for (let i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
+                    let startTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[0]);
+                    let endTime = parseFloat(segments[i].segment[1]);
+                    allSegmentTimes.push([startTime, endTime]);
+                }
 
-            //merge all the times into non-overlapping arrays
-            const allSegmentsSorted = mergeTimeSegments(allSegmentTimes.sort(function(a, b) { return a[0]-b[0] || a[1]-b[1] }));
+                //merge all the times into non-overlapping arrays
+                const allSegmentsSorted = mergeTimeSegments(allSegmentTimes.sort(function(a, b) { return a[0]-b[0] || a[1]-b[1] }));
 
-            let videoDuration = data.items[0].contentDetails.duration;
-            videoDuration = isoDurations.toSeconds(isoDurations.parse(videoDuration));
-            if (videoDuration != 0) {
-                let allSegmentDuration = 0;
-                //sum all segment times together
-                allSegmentsSorted.forEach(segmentInfo => allSegmentDuration += segmentInfo[1] - segmentInfo[0]);
-                if (allSegmentDuration > (videoDuration/100)*80) {
-                    // Reject submission if all segments combine are over 80% of the video
-                    res.status(400).send("Total length of your submitted segments are over 80% of the video.");
-                    return;
+                let videoDuration = data.items[0].contentDetails.duration;
+                videoDuration = isoDurations.toSeconds(isoDurations.parse(videoDuration));
+                if (videoDuration != 0) {
+                    let allSegmentDuration = 0;
+                    //sum all segment times together
+                    allSegmentsSorted.forEach(segmentInfo => allSegmentDuration += segmentInfo[1] - segmentInfo[0]);
+                    if (allSegmentDuration > (videoDuration/100)*80) {
+                        // Reject submission if all segments combine are over 80% of the video
+                        res.status(400).send("Total length of your submitted segments are over 80% of the video.");
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }