diff --git a/youtube-lbry/youtube-lbry b/youtube-lbry/youtube-lbry
index 4065884..bb30b0e 100755
--- a/youtube-lbry/youtube-lbry
+++ b/youtube-lbry/youtube-lbry
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copy_one() {
     tmp=$(mktemp -p "`pwd`" -d)
     cd "$tmp"
     # Get metadata in .json-format
-    youtube-dl --write-description --write-info-json --write-annotations "$youtubeurl"
+    youtube-dl --write-description --write-info-json --write-annotations -- "$youtubeurl"
 
     # youtube-dl may download a .webm but convert it to mkv
     # So we do not know the extension. Instead we use the newest