diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 463a286ad..581e07828 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ LOCALES = {
   "zh-TW" => load_locale("zh-TW"),
 }
 
-YT_POOL = QUICPool.new(YT_URL, capacity: CONFIG.pool_size, timeout: 2.0)
+YT_POOL = YoutubeConnectionPool.new(YT_URL, capacity: CONFIG.pool_size, timeout: 2.0, use_quic: CONFIG.use_quic)
 
 # CLI
 Kemal.config.extra_options do |parser|
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
index f6b6acd17..3767cb50f 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class Config
   property port : Int32 = 3000                                     # Port to listen for connections (overrided by command line argument)
   property host_binding : String = "0.0.0.0"                       # Host to bind (overrided by command line argument)
   property pool_size : Int32 = 100                                 # Pool size for HTTP requests to youtube.com and ytimg.com (each domain has a separate pool of `pool_size`)
+  property use_quic : Bool = true                                  # Use quic transport for youtube api
 
   @[YAML::Field(converter: Preferences::StringToCookies)]
   property cookies : HTTP::Cookies = HTTP::Cookies.new               # Saved cookies in "name1=value1; name2=value2..." format
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
index 67f496dfb..10d4e6b6d 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/utils.cr
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ def add_yt_headers(request)
   end
 end
 
-struct QUICPool
+struct YoutubeConnectionPool
   property! url : URI
   property! capacity : Int32
   property! timeout : Float64
-  property pool : ConnectionPool(QUIC::Client)
+  property pool : ConnectionPool(QUIC::Client | HTTP::Client)
 
-  def initialize(url : URI, @capacity = 5, @timeout = 5.0)
+  def initialize(url : URI, @capacity = 5, @timeout = 5.0, use_quic = true)
     @url = url
-    @pool = build_pool
+    @pool = build_pool(use_quic)
   end
 
   def client(region = nil, &block)
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ struct QUICPool
     response
   end
 
-  private def build_pool
-    ConnectionPool(QUIC::Client).new(capacity: capacity, timeout: timeout) do
-      conn = QUIC::Client.new(url)
+  private def build_pool(use_quic)
+    ConnectionPool(QUIC::Client | HTTP::Client).new(capacity: capacity, timeout: timeout) do
+      if use_quic
+        conn = QUIC::Client.new(url)
+      else
+        conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
+      end
       conn.family = (url.host == "www.youtube.com") ? CONFIG.force_resolve : Socket::Family::INET
       conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
       conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"