diff --git a/manager/ytsync.go b/manager/ytsync.go
index 2d69b93..ad387e2 100644
--- a/manager/ytsync.go
+++ b/manager/ytsync.go
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ func (s *Sync) enqueueYoutubeVideos() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	videos, err := ytapi.GetVideosToSync(s.YoutubeChannelID, s.syncedVideos, s.Manager.SyncFlags.QuickSync, s.Manager.videosLimit, ytapi.VideoParams{
+	videos, err := ytapi.GetVideosToSync(s.APIConfig, s.YoutubeChannelID, s.syncedVideos, s.Manager.SyncFlags.QuickSync, s.Manager.videosLimit, ytapi.VideoParams{
 		VideoDir: s.videoDirectory,
 		S3Config: s.Manager.GetS3AWSConfig(),
 		Stopper:  s.grp,
diff --git a/sdk/api.go b/sdk/api.go
index 903229b..bf66b14 100644
--- a/sdk/api.go
+++ b/sdk/api.go
@@ -368,3 +368,43 @@ func (a *APIConfig) MarkVideoStatus(status VideoStatus) error {
 	}
 	return errors.Err("invalid API response. Status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
 }
+
+func (a *APIConfig) VideoState(videoID string) (string, error) {
+	endpoint := a.ApiURL + "/yt/video_state"
+	vals := url.Values{
+		"video_id":   {videoID},
+		"auth_token": {a.ApiToken},
+	}
+
+	res, err := http.PostForm(endpoint, vals)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if res.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+		return "not_found", nil
+	}
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		util.SendErrorToSlack("Error %d while trying to call %s. Waiting to retry", res.StatusCode, endpoint)
+		log.Debugln(string(body))
+		time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+		return a.VideoState(videoID)
+	}
+	var response struct {
+		Success bool        `json:"success"`
+		Error   null.String `json:"error"`
+		Data    null.String `json:"data"`
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Err(err)
+	}
+	if !response.Error.IsNull() {
+		return "", errors.Err(response.Error.String)
+	}
+	if !response.Data.IsNull() {
+		return response.Data.String, nil
+	}
+	return "", errors.Err("invalid API response. Status code: %d", res.StatusCode)
+}
diff --git a/ytapi/ytapi.go b/ytapi/ytapi.go
index c0e1b99..1d51532 100644
--- a/ytapi/ytapi.go
+++ b/ytapi/ytapi.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type VideoParams struct {
 
 var mostRecentlyFailedChannel string // TODO: fix this hack!
 
-func GetVideosToSync(channelID string, syncedVideos map[string]sdk.SyncedVideo, quickSync bool, maxVideos int, videoParams VideoParams) ([]Video, error) {
+func GetVideosToSync(config *sdk.APIConfig, channelID string, syncedVideos map[string]sdk.SyncedVideo, quickSync bool, maxVideos int, videoParams VideoParams) ([]Video, error) {
 
 	var videos []Video
 	if quickSync {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func GetVideosToSync(channelID string, syncedVideos map[string]sdk.SyncedVideo,
 		mostRecentlyFailedChannel = channelID
 	}
 
-	vids, err := getVideos(videoIDs, videoParams.Stopper.Ch(), videoParams.IPPool)
+	vids, err := getVideos(config, videoIDs, videoParams.Stopper.Ch(), videoParams.IPPool)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func ChannelInfo(apiKey, channelID string) (*ytlib.ChannelSnippet, *ytlib.Channe
 	return response.Items[0].Snippet, response.Items[0].BrandingSettings, nil
 }
 
-func getVideos(videoIDs []string, stopChan stop.Chan, ipPool *ip_manager.IPPool) ([]*ytdl.YtdlVideo, error) {
+func getVideos(config *sdk.APIConfig, videoIDs []string, stopChan stop.Chan, ipPool *ip_manager.IPPool) ([]*ytdl.YtdlVideo, error) {
 	var videos []*ytdl.YtdlVideo
 	for _, videoID := range videoIDs {
 		select {
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ func getVideos(videoIDs []string, stopChan stop.Chan, ipPool *ip_manager.IPPool)
 		//	return nil, err
 		//}
 		//video, err := downloader.GetVideoInformation(videoID, &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(ip)})
+		state, err := config.VideoState(videoID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Err(err)
+		}
+		if state == "published" {
+			continue
+		}
 		video, err := downloader.GetVideoInformation(videoID, stopChan, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			//ipPool.ReleaseIP(ip)