diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
index 9fb283c23..a65571ead 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/search.cr
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Search
 
     begin
       client = HTTP::Client.new("suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com")
-      url = "/complete/search?client=youtube&hl=en&gl=#{region}&q=#{URI.encode_www_form(query)}&xssi=t&gs_ri=youtube&ds=yt"
+      client.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) }
+
+      url = "/complete/search?client=youtube&hl=en&gl=#{region}&q=#{URI.encode_www_form(query)}&gs_ri=youtube&ds=yt"
 
       response = client.get(url).body
 
-      body = JSON.parse(response[5..-1]).as_a
+      body = JSON.parse(response[19..-2]).as_a
       suggestions = body[1].as_a[0..-2]
 
       JSON.build do |json|