diff --git a/command.py b/command.py
index aadbe5f..6bcaaad 100644
--- a/command.py
+++ b/command.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import util
 import variables as var
 from pyradios import RadioBrowser
 from database import SettingsDatabase, MusicDatabase, Condition
+import media.playlist
 from media.item import item_id_generators, dict_to_item, dicts_to_items, ValidationFailedError
 from media.cache import get_cached_wrapper_from_scrap, get_cached_wrapper_by_id, get_cached_wrappers_by_tags, \
     get_cached_wrapper, get_cached_wrappers, get_cached_wrapper_from_dict, get_cached_wrappers_from_dicts
diff --git a/configuration.example.ini b/configuration.example.ini
index d4a0780..d067e6f 100644
--- a/configuration.example.ini
+++ b/configuration.example.ini
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ port = 64738
 #     - leave empty (do nothing)
 #when_nobody_in_channel =
 
+# 'youtube_query_cookie': Sometimes youtube will block the request of our bot and
+#   request the bot to complete a captcha to verify the request is not made by a
+#   bot.
+#   This problem can be resolved if the bot bears a valid cookie.
+#   If the bot complains "unable to query youtube", you may try to add your cookie here.
+#youtube_query_cookie = {'CONSENT': 'paste your CONSENT cookie value here'}
+
 # [webinterface] stores settings related to the web interface.
 [webinterface]
 # 'enable': Set 'enabled' to True if you'd like to use the web interface to manage
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 9d1c440..59060a5 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -321,7 +321,9 @@ def youtube_search(query):
     import json
 
     try:
-        r = requests.get("https://www.youtube.com/results", params={'search_query': query}, timeout=5)
+        cookie = json.loads(var.config.get('bot', 'youtube_query_cookie', default='{}'))
+        r = requests.get("https://www.youtube.com/results", cookie=cookie,
+                         params={'search_query': query}, timeout=5)
         result_json_match = re.findall(r">var ytInitialData = (.*?);</script>", r.text)
 
         if not len(result_json_match):