diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55db4479..98093040 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __YTP_OUTPUT_TEMPLATE__: the template for the filenames of the downloaded videos, formatted according to [this spec](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/README.md#output-template). Defaults to `%(title)s.%(ext)s`. This will be the default for all downloads unless the request include output template.
 * __YTP_KEEP_ARCHIVE__: Whether to keep history of downloaded videos to prevent downloading same file multiple times. Defaults to `false`.
 * __YTP_YTDL_DEBUG__: Whether to turn debug logging for the internal `yt-dlp` package. Defaults to `false`.
+* __YTP_ALLOW_MANIFESTLESS__: Allow `yt-dlp` to download live streams videos which are yet to be processed by YouTube. Defaults to `false`
 * __YTP_HOST__: Which ip address to bind to. Defaults to `0.0.0.0`.
 * __YTP_PORT__: Which port to bind to. Defaults to `8081`.
 * __YTP_LOGGING_LEVEL__: Logging level. Defaults to `info`.
diff --git a/app/Config.py b/app/Config.py
index 2e4d83bd..c0bf668f 100644
--- a/app/Config.py
+++ b/app/Config.py
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ class Config:
 
     logging_level: str = 'info'
 
+    allow_manifestless: bool = False
+
     version: str = APP_VERSION
 
-    _boolean_vars: tuple = ('keep_archive', 'ytdl_debug', 'temp_keep',)
+    _boolean_vars: tuple = (
+        'keep_archive', 'ytdl_debug',
+        'temp_keep', 'allow_manifestless',
+    )
     _immutable: tuple = ('version', '__instance', 'ytdl_options',)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/app/DownloadQueue.py b/app/DownloadQueue.py
index 9d4e031f..ac87a0cc 100644
--- a/app/DownloadQueue.py
+++ b/app/DownloadQueue.py
@@ -221,12 +221,18 @@ class DownloadQueue:
             if self.isDownloaded(entry):
                 raise yt_dlp.utils.ExistingVideoReached()
 
+            if not self.config.allow_manifestless and 'live_status' in entry and entry.get('live_status') is 'post_live':
+                raise yt_dlp.utils.YoutubeDLError(
+                    'Video is in Post-Live Manifestless mode.')
+
             log.debug(f'entry: extract info says: {entry}')
         except yt_dlp.utils.ExistingVideoReached:
             return {'status': 'error', 'msg': 'Video has been downloaded already and recorded in archive.log file.'}
         except yt_dlp.utils.YoutubeDLError as exc:
             return {'status': 'error', 'msg': str(exc)}
 
+        #
+
         return await self.__add_entry(
             entry=entry,
             quality=quality,