diff --git a/yt b/yt
index 5d48112..1016acf 100755
--- a/yt
+++ b/yt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ add() { # adds a video to a playlist file
 	while test -f "$YT_PL_DIR/$2.m3u"; do
 		file="$YT_PL_DIR/$2.m3u"
 		video="$(printf '%s\n' "$1" \
-			| sed -e 's/youtu\.be\//www.youtube\.com\/watch?q=/g' -e 's/\?[^q].*$//g')"
+			| sed -e 's/youtu\.be\//www.youtube\.com\/watch?v=/g' -e 's/\?[^v].*$//g')"
 		printf '%s\n' "$video"
 
 		if test -n "$(grep -e "$video" "$file")"