diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 6f69d045..a823b69d 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ get "/watch" do |env|
   rating = video.info["avg_rating"].to_f64
   engagement = ((video.dislikes.to_f + video.likes.to_f)/video.views * 100)
 
+  playability_status = video.player_response["playabilityStatus"]?
+  if playability_status && playability_status["status"] == "LIVE_STREAM_OFFLINE"
+    reason = playability_status["reason"]?.try &.as_s
+  end
+  reason ||= ""
+
   templated "watch"
 end
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos.cr b/src/invidious/videos.cr
index 74a1b2c4..ee9be2c1 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos.cr
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ VIDEO_FORMATS = {
 }
 
 class Video
+  property player_json : JSON::Any?
+
   module HTTPParamConverter
     def self.from_rs(rs)
       HTTP::Params.parse(rs.read(String))
@@ -287,9 +289,15 @@ class Video
     return audio_streams
   end
 
-  def captions
-    player_response = JSON.parse(self.info["player_response"])
+  def player_response
+    if !@player_json
+      @player_json = JSON.parse(@info["player_response"])
+    end
 
+    return @player_json.not_nil!
+  end
+
+  def captions
     captions = [] of Caption
     if player_response["captions"]?
       caption_list = player_response["captions"]["playerCaptionsTracklistRenderer"]["captionTracks"]?.try &.as_a
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
index ca5e9372..4b795b45 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ get_youtube_comments();
     </a>
     <% end %>
 </h1>
+<% if !reason.empty? %>
+<h3><%= reason %></h3>
+<% end %>
 </div>
 
 <div class="pure-g">