diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd601c5..8f5e87a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 venv
 .venv
-__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
+__pycache__
+cookies.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 2468a2a..3d9408b 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
+import http.cookiejar
 from flask import Flask, Response
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+
+cookie_jar = http.cookiejar.MozillaCookieJar('cookies.txt')
+try:
+    cookie_jar.load(ignore_discard=True, ignore_expires=True)
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    print("cookies.txt not found, starting with empty cookie jar")
+
 s = requests.Session()
 s.headers.update({
     "User-Agent": "Twitterbot/1.0"
 })
+s.cookies = cookie_jar  # type: ignore
 
 @app.route("/watch/<video_id>")
 def proxy(video_id):