diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 95ff0d3dd..c5ca2fc2e 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False):
 		elif path.isfile(f'files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}.webp'):
 			sanitized = re.sub(f'(?<!"):{emoji}:', f'<img loading="lazy" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" alt=":{emoji}:" title=":{emoji}:" delay="0" height=30 class="emoji" src="/static/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}.webp">', sanitized, flags=re.I)
 
-	sanitized = sanitized.replace("https://www.", "https://").replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://music.youtube.com/watch?a=", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://open.spotify.com/", "https://open.spotify.com/embed/").replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/").replace("https://youtube.com/shorts/", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://mobile.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://m.facebook", "https://facebook").replace("m.wikipedia.org", "wikipedia.org").replace("https://m.youtube", "https://youtube")
+	sanitized = sanitized.replace("https://www.", "https://").replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://open.spotify.com/", "https://open.spotify.com/embed/").replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/").replace("https://youtube.com/shorts/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://mobile.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://m.facebook", "https://facebook").replace("m.wikipedia.org", "wikipedia.org").replace("https://m.youtube", "https://youtube")
 
-	if "https://youtube.com/watch?a=" in sanitized: sanitized = sanitized.replace("?t=", "&t=")
+	if "https://youtube.com/watch?v=" in sanitized: sanitized = sanitized.replace("?t=", "&t=")
 
 	for i in re.finditer('" target="_blank">(https://youtube\.com/watch\?v\=(.*?))</a>', sanitized):
 		url = i.group(1)
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 4005d8a47..a7077a9c8 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ def submit_post(v):
 		for rd in ["https://reddit.com/", "https://new.reddit.com/", "https://www.reddit.com/", "https://redd.it/"]:
 			url = url.replace(rd, "https://old.reddit.com/")
 
-		url = url.replace("old.reddit.com/gallery", "new.reddit.com/gallery").replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://music.youtube.com/watch?a=", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://open.spotify.com/", "https://open.spotify.com/embed/").replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/").replace("https://youtube.com/shorts/", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=").replace("https://mobile.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://m.facebook", "https://facebook").replace("m.wikipedia.org", "wikipedia.org").replace("https://m.youtube", "https://youtube").replace("https://www.youtube", "https://youtube")
+		url = url.replace("old.reddit.com/gallery", "new.reddit.com/gallery").replace("https://youtu.be/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://open.spotify.com/", "https://open.spotify.com/embed/").replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/").replace("https://youtube.com/shorts/", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=").replace("https://mobile.twitter", "https://twitter").replace("https://m.facebook", "https://facebook").replace("m.wikipedia.org", "wikipedia.org").replace("https://m.youtube", "https://youtube").replace("https://www.youtube", "https://youtube")
 
 		if url.startswith("https://streamable.com/") and not url.startswith("https://streamable.com/e/"): url = url.replace("https://streamable.com/", "https://streamable.com/e/")
 
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ def submit_post(v):
 		elif "twitter.com" == domain:
 			try: embed = requests.get("https://publish.twitter.com/oembed", timeout=5, params={"url":url, "omit_script":"t"}).json()["html"]
 			except: embed = None
-		elif url.startswith('https://youtube.com/watch?a='):
-			yt_id = url.split('https://youtube.com/watch?a=')[1].split('&')[0].split('%')[0]
+		elif url.startswith('https://youtube.com/watch?v='):
+			yt_id = url.split('https://youtube.com/watch?v=')[1].split('&')[0].split('%')[0]
 			params = parse_qs(urlparse(url).query)
 			t = params.get('t', params.get('start', [0]))[0]
 			if isinstance(t, str): t = t.replace('s','')
diff --git a/files/routes/settings.py b/files/routes/settings.py
index eb3f53c62..a96f80974 100644
--- a/files/routes/settings.py
+++ b/files/routes/settings.py
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ def settings_song_change(v):
 		return redirect("/settings/profile")
 
 	song = song.replace("https://music.youtube.com", "https://youtube.com")
-	if song.startswith(("https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=", "https://youtube.com/watch?a=", "https://m.youtube.com/watch?a=")):
+	if song.startswith(("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=", "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=")):
 		id = song.split("v=")[1]
 	elif song.startswith("https://youtu.be/"):
 		id = song.split("https://youtu.be/")[1]
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ def settings_song_change(v):
 	}
 
 	with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
-		try: ydl.download([f"https://youtube.com/watch?a={id}"])
+		try: ydl.download([f"https://youtube.com/watch?v={id}"])
 		except Exception as e:
 			print(e)
 			if not v or v.oldsite: template = ''
diff --git a/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/errors/429.html b/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/errors/429.html
index feeaf31e6..7e6ece9cd 100644
--- a/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/errors/429.html
+++ b/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/errors/429.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<p class="text-gray-500 mb-3">
 			go spam somewhere else nerd
 		</p>
-		<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=1" class="btn btn-gray">Go to frontpage</a>
+		<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1" class="btn btn-gray">Go to frontpage</a>
 	</div>
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/sidebars/SubmitSidebar.html b/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/sidebars/SubmitSidebar.html
index bca76a49d..6807fbebb 100644
--- a/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/sidebars/SubmitSidebar.html
+++ b/files/templates/CHRISTMAS/sidebars/SubmitSidebar.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<hr class="my-2 border-t border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-900 h-1 shadow-inset-t-white-10"/>
-	<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?a=1" target="_blank">
+	<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1" target="_blank">
 		<img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/3o72FhIuVWddxQHftS/giphy.gif" class="sticky top-4 w-full h-58 object-contain p-[3px] bg-white lozad" alt="cozy fireplace log fire"/>
 	</a>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/templates/formatting.html b/files/templates/formatting.html
index 1884b3fb9..b117f7163 100644
--- a/files/templates/formatting.html
+++ b/files/templates/formatting.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ You can use Markdown formatting:
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td>Youtube Videos</td>
-			<td>https://youtube.com/watch?a=3Hecr51ByE4</td>
+			<td>https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Hecr51ByE4</td>
 			<td><lite-youtube videoid="3Hecr51ByE4" params="controls=0&modestbranding=1"></lite-youtube></td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>