diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
index 82e9541a..cd56df20 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/base_entry.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class BaseEntryVariables:
         # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         # Taken from https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/e6ab678e36c40ded0aae305bbb866cdab554d417/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L3514
         # pylint: enable=line-too-long
-        return self.kwargs(IE_KEY) #yt-dlp is comparing the extractor in ytdl-sub's info.json to its extractor key, so we need to save the extractor key instead
+        return self.kwargs(EXTRACTOR) or self.kwargs(IE_KEY)
 
     @property
     def epoch(self: "BaseEntry") -> int:
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/variables/kwargs.py b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/variables/kwargs.py
index d9109e26..7e37ce57 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/entries/variables/kwargs.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/entries/variables/kwargs.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ SPONSORBLOCK_CHAPTERS = _("sponsorblock_chapters", backend=True)
 SPLIT_BY_CHAPTERS_PARENT_ENTRY = _("split_by_chapters_parent_entry", backend=True)
 COMMENTS = _("comments", backend=True)
 UID = _("id")
-EXTRACTOR = _("extractor")
-IE_KEY = _("extractor_key") #IE_KEY is saved in the info.json as extractor_key
+EXTRACTOR = _("extractor_key") # EXTRACTOR is saved in the info.json as extractor_key
+IE_KEY = _("ie_key")  
 EPOCH = _("epoch")
 CHANNEL = _("channel")
 CHANNEL_ID = _("channel_id")