diff --git a/app/plugins/misc/song.py b/app/plugins/misc/song.py
index b74502c..466bdd7 100644
--- a/app/plugins/misc/song.py
+++ b/app/plugins/misc/song.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import asyncio
 import glob
+import json
 import os
 import shutil
 from time import time
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import yt_dlp
-from ub_core.utils import aio
+from ub_core.utils import aio, run_shell_cmd
 
-from app import Message, bot
+from app import BOT, Message, bot
 
 domains = [
     "www.youtube.com",
@@ -20,48 +20,44 @@ domains = [
 ]
 
 
-class FakeLogger(object):
-    def debug(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def warning(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-    def error(self, msg):
-        pass
-
-
 @bot.add_cmd(cmd="song")
-async def song_dl(bot: bot, message: Message) -> None | Message:
+async def song_dl(bot: BOT, message: Message) -> None | Message:
     reply_query = None
+
     for link in message.reply_text_list:
         if urlparse(link).netloc in domains:
             reply_query = link
             break
+
     query = reply_query or message.filtered_input
+
     if not query:
         await message.reply("Give a song name or link to download.")
         return
+
     response: Message = await message.reply("Searching....")
+
     download_path: str = os.path.join("downloads", str(time()))
+
     query_or_search: str = query if query.startswith("http") else f"ytsearch:{query}"
-    audio_format = "mp3" if "-m" in message.flags else "opus"
-    song_info: dict = await get_download_info(
-        query=query_or_search, path=download_path, audio_format=audio_format
-    )
-    if song_info is None:
-        await message.reply("Download Timed Out.")
-        return
-    if not query_or_search.startswith("http"):
-        song_info: str = song_info["entries"][0]
-    duration: int = song_info["duration"]
-    artist: str = song_info["channel"]
-    thumb = await aio.in_memory_dl(song_info["thumbnail"])
+
+    song_info: dict = await get_download_info(query=query_or_search, path=download_path)
+
+    duration, artist, thumb = 0, "", None
+
+    if isinstance(song_info, dict):
+        duration: int = song_info["duration"]
+        artist: str = song_info["channel"]
+        thumb = await aio.in_memory_dl(song_info["thumbnail"])
+
     down_path: list = glob.glob(os.path.join(download_path, "*"))
+
     if not down_path:
         await response.edit("Song Not found.")
         return
+
     await response.edit("Uploading....")
+
     for audio_file in down_path:
         if audio_file.endswith((".opus", ".mp3")):
             await message.reply_audio(
@@ -70,25 +66,39 @@ async def song_dl(bot: bot, message: Message) -> None | Message:
                 performer=str(artist),
                 thumb=thumb,
             )
+
     await response.delete()
+
     shutil.rmtree(download_path, ignore_errors=True)
 
 
-async def get_download_info(query: str, path: str, audio_format: str) -> dict | None:
-    yt_opts = {
-        "logger": FakeLogger(),
-        "outtmpl": os.path.join(path, "%(title)s.%(ext)s"),
-        "format": "bestaudio",
-        "postprocessors": [
-            {"key": "FFmpegExtractAudio", "preferredcodec": audio_format},
-            {"key": "FFmpegMetadata"},
-            {"key": "EmbedThumbnail"},
-        ],
-    }
-    ytdl: yt_dlp.YoutubeDL = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(yt_opts)
+async def get_download_info(query: str, path: str):
+    download_cmd = (
+        f"yt-dlp -o '{os.path.join(path, '%(title)s.%(ext)s')}' "
+        f"-f 'bestaudio' "
+        f"--no-warnings "
+        f"--ignore-errors "
+        f"--ignore-no-formats-error "
+        f"--quiet "
+        f"--no-playlist "
+        f"--audio-quality 0 "
+        f"--extract-audio "
+        f"--embed-thumbnail "
+        f"--embed-metadata "
+        f"--print-json "
+        f"'{query}'"
+    )
     try:
+
         async with asyncio.timeout(30):
-            yt_info: dict = await asyncio.to_thread(ytdl.extract_info, query)
-            return yt_info
+
+            song_info = (await run_shell_cmd(download_cmd)).strip()
+
+            serialised_json = json.loads(song_info)
+            return serialised_json
+
     except asyncio.TimeoutError:
         shutil.rmtree(path=path, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return