diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 7871ea3e1..abc611376 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ spawn do
   end
 end
 
+proxies = {} of String => Array({ip: String, port: Int32})
+spawn do
+  find_working_proxies(BYPASS_REGIONS) do |region, list|
+    if !list.empty?
+      proxies[region] = list
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 before_all do |env|
   env.response.headers["X-XSS-Protection"] = "1; mode=block;"
   env.response.headers["X-Content-Type-Options"] = "nosniff"
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ get "/watch" do |env|
   end
 
   begin
-    video = get_video(id, PG_DB)
+    video = get_video(id, PG_DB, proxies)
   rescue ex
     error_message = ex.message
     STDOUT << id << " : " << ex.message << "\n"
@@ -325,7 +334,7 @@ get "/embed/:id" do |env|
   params = process_video_params(env.params.query, nil)
 
   begin
-    video = get_video(id, PG_DB)
+    video = get_video(id, PG_DB, proxies)
   rescue ex
     error_message = ex.message
     next templated "error"
@@ -1722,7 +1731,7 @@ get "/api/v1/captions/:id" do |env|
 
   client = make_client(YT_URL)
   begin
-    video = get_video(id, PG_DB)
+    video = get_video(id, PG_DB, proxies)
   rescue ex
     halt env, status_code: 403
   end
@@ -2116,7 +2125,7 @@ get "/api/v1/videos/:id" do |env|
   id = env.params.url["id"]
 
   begin
-    video = get_video(id, PG_DB)
+    video = get_video(id, PG_DB, proxies)
   rescue ex
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     error_message = {"error" => ex.message}.to_json
@@ -2906,7 +2915,7 @@ get "/api/manifest/dash/id/:id" do |env|
 
   client = make_client(YT_URL)
   begin
-    video = get_video(id, PG_DB)
+    video = get_video(id, PG_DB, proxies)
   rescue ex
     halt env, status_code: 403
   end
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/proxy.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/proxy.cr
index e978f6f79..941182480 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/proxy.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/proxy.cr
@@ -108,7 +108,15 @@ def get_proxies(country_code = "US")
     "xf4" => "0",
     "xf5" => "1",
   }
+
   response = client.post("/free-proxy-list/#{country_code}/", headers, form: body)
+  20.times do
+    if response.status_code == 200
+      break
+    end
+    response = client.post("/free-proxy-list/#{country_code}/", headers, form: body)
+  end
+
   response = XML.parse_html(response.body)
 
   mapping = response.xpath_node(%q(.//body/script)).not_nil!.content
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs.cr b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
index 7424ef625..b9feb1b87 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
@@ -154,3 +154,41 @@ def update_decrypt_function
     Fiber.yield
   end
 end
+
+def find_working_proxies(regions)
+  proxy_channel = Channel({String, Array({ip: String, port: Int32})}).new
+
+  regions.each do |region|
+    spawn do
+      loop do
+        begin
+          proxies = get_proxies(region).first(20)
+        rescue ex
+          next proxy_channel.send({region, Array({ip: String, port: Int32}).new})
+        end
+
+        proxies.select! do |proxy|
+          begin
+            client = HTTPClient.new(YT_URL)
+            client.read_timeout = 10.seconds
+            client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
+
+            proxy = HTTPProxy.new(proxy_host: proxy[:ip], proxy_port: proxy[:port])
+            client.set_proxy(proxy)
+
+            client.get("/").status_code == 200
+          rescue ex
+            false
+          end
+        end
+        proxies = proxies.map { |proxy| {ip: proxy[:ip], port: proxy[:port]} }
+
+        proxy_channel.send({region, proxies})
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  loop do
+    yield proxy_channel.receive
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos.cr b/src/invidious/videos.cr
index e879ce2c5..aebe41645 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos.cr
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ BYPASS_REGIONS = {
   "ID",
   "BD",
   "MX",
-  "ET",
   "PH",
   "EG",
   "VN",
@@ -466,14 +465,14 @@ class CaptionName
   )
 end
 
-def get_video(id, db, refresh = true)
+def get_video(id, db, refresh = true, proxies = {} of String => Array({ip: String, port: Int32, score: Float64}))
   if db.query_one?("SELECT EXISTS (SELECT true FROM videos WHERE id = $1)", id, as: Bool)
     video = db.query_one("SELECT * FROM videos WHERE id = $1", id, as: Video)
 
     # If record was last updated over 10 minutes ago, refresh (expire param in response lasts for 6 hours)
     if refresh && Time.now - video.updated > 10.minutes
       begin
-        video = fetch_video(id)
+        video = fetch_video(id, proxies)
         video_array = video.to_a
 
         args = arg_array(video_array[1..-1], 2)
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ def get_video(id, db, refresh = true)
       end
     end
   else
-    video = fetch_video(id)
+    video = fetch_video(id, proxies)
     video_array = video.to_a
 
     args = arg_array(video_array)
@@ -499,7 +498,7 @@ def get_video(id, db, refresh = true)
   return video
 end
 
-def fetch_video(id)
+def fetch_video(id, proxies = {} of String => Array({ip: String, port: Int32, score: Float64}))
   html_channel = Channel(XML::Node).new
   info_channel = Channel(HTTP::Params).new
 
@@ -530,21 +529,18 @@ def fetch_video(id)
   if info["reason"]? && info["reason"].includes? "your country"
     bypass_channel = Channel({HTTP::Params | Nil, XML::Node | Nil}).new
 
-    BYPASS_REGIONS.each do |country_code|
+    proxies.each do |region, list|
       spawn do
         begin
-          proxies = get_proxies(country_code)
-
-          # Try not to overload single proxy
-          proxy = proxies[0, 5].sample(1)[0]
-          proxy = HTTPProxy.new(proxy_host: proxy[:ip], proxy_port: proxy[:port])
-
-          client = HTTPClient.new(URI.parse("https://www.youtube.com"))
+          client = HTTPClient.new(YT_URL)
           client.read_timeout = 10.seconds
           client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
+
+          proxy = list.sample(1)[0]
+          proxy = HTTPProxy.new(proxy_host: proxy[:ip], proxy_port: proxy[:port])
           client.set_proxy(proxy)
 
-          proxy_info = client.get("/get_video_info?video_id=#{id}&el=detailpage&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en&disable_polymer=1")
+          proxy_info = client.get("/get_video_info?video_id=#{id}&ps=default&eurl=&gl=US&hl=en&disable_polymer=1")
           proxy_info = HTTP::Params.parse(proxy_info.body)
 
           if !proxy_info["reason"]?