diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
index e3522b313..bdc8a832e 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class YoutubeChannelLinkHandlerFactory extends ListLinkHandlerFactory {
             URL urlObj = Utils.stringToURL(url);
             String path = urlObj.getPath();
 
-            if (!(YoutubeParsingHelper.isYoutubeURL(urlObj) || urlObj.getHost().equalsIgnoreCase("hooktube.com"))) {
+            if (!YoutubeParsingHelper.isYoutubeALikeURL(urlObj)) { // fixme: accepts youtu.be and youtube-nocookie.com
                 throw new ParsingException("the URL given is not a Youtube-URL");
             }
 
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
index 335bc5bf6..4f0ab358b 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubeParsingHelper.java
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public class YoutubeParsingHelper {
         String host = url.getHost();
         return host.equalsIgnoreCase("youtube.com") || host.equalsIgnoreCase("www.youtube.com")
                 || host.equalsIgnoreCase("m.youtube.com") || host.equalsIgnoreCase("www.youtube-nocookie.com")
-                || host.equalsIgnoreCase("youtu.be") || host.equalsIgnoreCase("hooktube.com");
+                || host.equalsIgnoreCase("youtu.be") || host.equalsIgnoreCase("hooktube.com")
+                || host.equalsIgnoreCase("invidio.us");
     }
 
     public static long parseDurationString(String input)