diff --git a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
index 353116a3..1fb0287a 100644
--- a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
+++ b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-core.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class InnerTubePokeVidious {
        */
       const response = await fetch(url, { headers });
 
-      if (response.status === 500) {
+      while (response.status === 500) {
         // If status is 500, fetch again
         console.log("Retrying due to status 500...");
         return fetchData(url, headers);