diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index 2e75f971a0..71aa4e8739 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -919,8 +919,9 @@ function sendRequestToServer(type, address, callback) {
   xmlhttp.send();
 }
 
-function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Return video id or false
+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);
-  return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? match[7] : false;
+  var id = new URL(url).searchParams.get("v");
+  return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? id : false;
 }