diff --git a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-video.js b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-video.js
index 68fd57da..941c15e1 100644
--- a/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-video.js
+++ b/src/libpoketube/libpoketube-video.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     
     please dont remove this comment while sharing this code 
     
-  */
+*/
 
 const {
   fetcher,
@@ -34,44 +34,42 @@ const {
 } = require("./ptutils/libpt-coreutils.js");
 
 module.exports = async function (video_id) {
-  var url;
- 
+  // function to convert an array to an object, ignoring undefined values
   function toObject(arr) {
-    var rv = {};
-    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i)
-      if (arr[i] !== undefined) rv[i] = arr[i];
-    return rv;
+    return arr.reduce((acc, cur, i) => {
+      if (cur !== undefined) {
+        acc[i] = cur;
+      }
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
   }
 
   try {
-  // gets invidious instances
-  let inv_url = "https://api.invidious.io/instances.json?sort_by=type,health";
+    // gets invidious instances
+    const invUrl = "https://api.invidious.io/instances.json?sort_by=type,health";
+    const invInstanceList = await modules
+      .fetch(invUrl)
+      .then((res) => res.text())
+      .then((json) => JSON.parse(json));
 
-  let inv_instance_list = await modules
-    .fetch(inv_url)
-    .then((res) => res.text())
-    .then((json) => JSON.parse(json));
+    // gets random instances from the list
+    const instance = invInstanceList[Math.floor(Math.random() * invInstanceList.length)];
 
-  // gets random instances from the list
-  const instance = await inv_instance_list[
-    Math.floor(Math.random() * inv_instance_list.length)
-  ];
+    let url;
+    if (instance[1].type != "https") {
+      url = "https://invidious.weblibre.org";
+    } else {
+      url = instance[1].uri
+        .replace("invidious.tiekoetter.com", "invidious.weblibre.org")
+        .replace("yewtu.be", "invidious.sethforprivacy.com")
+        .replace("invidious.slipfox.xyz", "invidious.weblibre.org")
+        .replace("vid.priv.au", "inv.vern.cc")
+        .replace("invidious.snopyta.org", "invidious.sethforprivacy.com");
+    }
 
-  const stringed = toObject(instance);
-
-  if (stringed[1].type != "https") {
-    url = "https://invidious.weblibre.org";
-  } else {
-    url = stringed[1].uri
-      .replace("invidious.tiekoetter.com", "invidious.weblibre.org")
-      .replace("yewtu.be", "invidious.sethforprivacy.com")
-      .replace("invidious.slipfox.xyz", "invidious.weblibre.org")
-      .replace("vid.priv.au", "inv.vern.cc")
-      .replace("invidious.snopyta.org", "invidious.sethforprivacy.com");
-  }
-
-  return url;
-  } catch {
-    return " "
+    return url;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to get Invidious instance:", error);
+    return " ";
   }
 };