diff --git a/package/tubesync/default.nix b/package/tubesync/default.nix
index 22cd3726..321dc1fc 100644
--- a/package/tubesync/default.nix
+++ b/package/tubesync/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
       ./gunicorn-env.patch
       ./state-dir-env.patch
       ./database-local-socket.patch
+      ./ensure-fragments.patch
     ];
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/package/tubesync/ensure-fragments.patch b/package/tubesync/ensure-fragments.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f30bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/tubesync/ensure-fragments.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
+index 4ac6e83..2915bf9 100644
+--- a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
++++ b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
+@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ def download_media(url, media_format, extension, output_file, info_json,
+         'writesubtitles': write_subtitles,
+         'writeautomaticsub': auto_subtitles,
+         'subtitleslangs': sub_langs.split(','),
++        'fragment_retries': 65536,
++        'skip_unavailable_fragments': False,
+     }
+     
+     sbopt = {