diff --git a/personal_data/fetchers/youtube.py b/personal_data/fetchers/youtube.py
index 2c0dc50..ee1071e 100644
--- a/personal_data/fetchers/youtube.py
+++ b/personal_data/fetchers/youtube.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import subprocess
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from personal_data.data import DeduplicateMode, Scraper
+from personal_data.secrets import YOUTUBE_AUTH
 
 from ..util import safe_del
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def scrape(watch_history: bool) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         ytdlp_args = [
             'yt-dlp',
             '--dump-json',
+            '--cookies', YOUTUBE_AUTH,
             url,
         ]
     else:
diff --git a/personal_data/secrets.py b/personal_data/secrets.py
index d099911..a9ff6c3 100644
--- a/personal_data/secrets.py
+++ b/personal_data/secrets.py
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ JELLYFIN_PASSWORD = secrets.load('JELLYFIN_PASSWORD')
 WITHINGS_CLIENTID = secrets.load('WITHINGS_CLIENTID')
 WITHINGS_SECRET = secrets.load('WITHINGS_SECRET')
 WITHINGS_CALLBACK_URI = secrets.load('WITHINGS_CALLBACK_URI')
+YOUTUBE_AUTH = secrets.load('YOUTUBE_AUTH')