diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index aeae86f83..7ac6eae60 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from isodate import parse_duration as iso_parse_duration
 from isodate.isoerror import ISO8601Error
-from pytube import YouTube
+from pytubefix import YouTube
 from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_host_name, get_minutes
 
 from cookbook.helper.automation_helper import AutomationEngine
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ def get_from_youtube_scraper(url, request):
         default_recipe_json['image'] = video.thumbnail_url
         if video.description:
             default_recipe_json['steps'][0]['instruction'] = automation_engine.apply_regex_replace_automation(video.description, Automation.INSTRUCTION_REPLACE)
-
+        print('YOUTUBE RESPONSE', default_recipe_json, video.thumbnail_url)
     except Exception:
-        pass
+        traceback.print_exc()
 
     return default_recipe_json
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d5b060fc9..5273135cb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ django-hCaptcha==0.2.0
 python-ldap==3.4.4
 django-auth-ldap==4.6.0
 pyppeteer==2.0.0
-pytube==15.0.0
+pytubefix==8.5.1
 aiohttp==3.10.11
 inflection==0.5.1
 redis==5.2.0