diff --git a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
index 124aee3d..353116a3 100644
--- a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
+++ b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
@@ -75,35 +75,19 @@ class InnerTubePokeVidious {
      * @param {Object} headers - The headers to include in the fetch request.
      * @returns {Promise<string>} A promise that resolves to the text content of the response.
      */
-    /**
-     * Fetch data from the specified URL with the given headers, retrying once if status code is 500.
-     * @param {string} url - The URL to fetch data from.
-     * @param {Object} headers - The headers to include in the fetch request.
-     * @returns {Promise<Response>} A promise that resolves to the response object.
-     */
     async function fetchData(url, headers) {
-      let response;
-      let retry = false;
-
       /**
-       * Retry fetching if status code is 500.
+       * @type {Response}
        */
-      do {
-        try {
-          response = await fetch(url, { headers });
-          if (response.status === 500) {
-            console.log("Retrying due to status 500...");
-            retry = true;
-          } else {
-            retry = false;
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Error occurred during fetch:", error);
-          retry = false;
-        }
-      } while (retry);
+      const response = await fetch(url, { headers });
 
-      return response;
+      if (response.status === 500) {
+        // If status is 500, fetch again
+        console.log("Retrying due to status 500...");
+        return fetchData(url, headers);
+      }
+
+      return response.text();
     }
 
     const { fetch } = await import("undici");