diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index 59d20d6417..70b41dfe4b 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ imgur_regex = re.compile('(https://i\.imgur\.com/([a-z0-9]+))\.(jpg|png|jpeg|web
 reddit_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|<p>)\/?((r|u)\/(\w|-){3,25})', flags=re.A)
 sub_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|<p>)\/?(h\/(\w|-){3,25})', flags=re.A)
 
-youtube_regex = re.compile('(?<!<(code|pre)>)https:\/\/youtube\.com\/watch\?v\=([a-z0-9-_]{5,20})[\w\-.#&/=\?@%+]*', flags=re.I|re.A)
+youtube_regex = regex.compile('(?<!<(code|pre)>)https:\/\/youtube\.com\/watch\?v\=([a-z0-9-_]{5,20})[\w\-.#&/=\?@%+]*', flags=regex.I|regex.A)
 yt_id_regex = re.compile('[a-z0-9-_]{5,20}', flags=re.I|re.A)
 
 strikethrough_regex = re.compile('''~{1,2}([^~]+)~{1,2}''', flags=re.A)