diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aa7335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "server/NYoutubeDL"]
+	path = server/NYoutubeDL
+	url = https://github.com/BrianAllred/NYoutubeDL.git
diff --git a/server/NYoutubeDL b/server/NYoutubeDL
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..bdeadcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/NYoutubeDL
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bdeadcda768ec2b6b6b08cb7b8833f23250779c8
diff --git a/server/PodNoms.Api.csproj b/server/PodNoms.Api.csproj
index 3e0f9de..202b1c8 100644
--- a/server/PodNoms.Api.csproj
+++ b/server/PodNoms.Api.csproj
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="6.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper.Extensions.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="3.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Handlebars.NetStandard" Version="1.8.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NYoutubeDl" Version="0.6.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Polly" Version="5.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ImageSharp" Version="1.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="RestSharp" Version="106.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ImageSharp" Version="1.0.0-*" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="4.5.0-preview1-26216-02" />
     <PackageReference Include="WindowsAzure.Storage" Version="8.2.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/server/Services/Downloader/AudioDownloader.cs b/server/Services/Downloader/AudioDownloader.cs
index b0e96c0..370f5ed 100644
--- a/server/Services/Downloader/AudioDownloader.cs
+++ b/server/Services/Downloader/AudioDownloader.cs
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ namespace PodNoms.Api.Services.Downloader {
             await Task.Run(() => {
                 var youtubeDl = new YoutubeDL();
                 youtubeDl.VideoUrl = this._url;
-                this.Properties = youtubeDl.GetDownloadInfo() as VideoDownloadInfo;
-                var info = youtubeDl.GetDownloadInfo();
+                var info = youtubeDl.GetDownloadInfo() as VideoDownloadInfo;
                 ret = (
                    info != null &&
                    info is VideoDownloadInfo && //make sure it's not a playlist                                                                                                 
                    (info.Errors.Count == 0 || info.VideoSize != null));
+                if (ret) this.Properties = info;
             });
             return ret;
         }
diff --git a/server/Services/Processor/AudioUploadProcessService.cs b/server/Services/Processor/AudioUploadProcessService.cs
index db230f8..ef131ed 100644
--- a/server/Services/Processor/AudioUploadProcessService.cs
+++ b/server/Services/Processor/AudioUploadProcessService.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace PodNoms.Api.Services.Processor {
             entry.ProcessingStatus = ProcessingStatus.Uploading;
             await _unitOfWork.CompleteAsync ();
             try {
-                // bit messy but can't figure how to p  ass youtube-dl job result to this job
+                // bit messy but can't figure how to pass youtube-dl job result to this job
                 // so using AudioUrl as a proxy
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty (localFile))
                     localFile = entry.AudioUrl;