diff --git a/streamrip/bases.py b/streamrip/bases.py
index 3a03ef7..e707e3f 100644
--- a/streamrip/bases.py
+++ b/streamrip/bases.py
@@ -957,13 +957,19 @@ class YoutubeVideo:
     """Dummy class implemented for consistency with the Media API."""
 
     class DummyClient:
-        source = 'youtube'
+        source = "youtube"
 
     def __init__(self, url: str):
         self.url = url
         self.client = self.DummyClient()
 
-    def download(self, parent_folder='StreamripDownloads', **kwargs):
+    def download(
+        self,
+        parent_folder="StreamripDownloads",
+        download_youtube_videos=False,
+        youtube_video_downloads_folder="StreamripDownloads",
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
         filename_formatter = "%(track_number)s.%(track)s.%(container)s"
         filename = os.path.join(parent_folder, filename_formatter)
 
@@ -980,6 +986,20 @@ class YoutubeVideo:
                 self.url,
             ]
         )
+
+        print(f"{download_youtube_videos=}")
+        if download_youtube_videos:
+            pv = subprocess.Popen(
+                [
+                    "youtube-dl",
+                    "-o",
+                    os.path.join(
+                        youtube_video_downloads_folder, "%(title)s.%(container)s"
+                    ),
+                    self.url,
+                ]
+            )
+            pv.wait()
         p.wait()
 
     def load_meta(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/streamrip/config.py b/streamrip/config.py
index d89a1a1..b8ecb2b 100644
--- a/streamrip/config.py
+++ b/streamrip/config.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class Config:
         },
         "youtube": {
             "quality": 0,
+            "download_videos": False,
+            "video_downloads_folder": DOWNLOADS_DIR,
         },
         "database": {"enabled": True, "path": None},
         "conversion": {
diff --git a/streamrip/constants.py b/streamrip/constants.py
index 272cb7d..4fc6d6b 100644
--- a/streamrip/constants.py
+++ b/streamrip/constants.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(CONFIG_DIR, "config.yaml")
 LOG_DIR = click.get_app_dir(APPNAME)
 DB_PATH = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, "downloads.db")
 
-DOWNLOADS_DIR = os.path.join(Path.home(), "StreamripDownloads")
+HOME = Path.home()
+DOWNLOADS_DIR = os.path.join(HOME, "StreamripDownloads")
 
 AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:83.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/83.0"
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ LASTFM_URL_REGEX = r"https://www.last.fm/user/\w+/playlists/\w+"
 QOBUZ_INTERPRETER_URL_REGEX = (
     r"https?://www\.qobuz\.com/\w\w-\w\w/interpreter/[-\w]+/[-\w]+"
 )
-YOUTUBE_URL_REGEX = r"https://www\.youtube\.com/watch\?v=\w+"
+YOUTUBE_URL_REGEX = r"https://www\.youtube\.com/watch\?v=[-\w]+"
 
 TIDAL_MAX_Q = 7
 
diff --git a/streamrip/core.py b/streamrip/core.py
index 4f30b5d..8075bed 100644
--- a/streamrip/core.py
+++ b/streamrip/core.py
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ class MusicDL(list):
             ],
             "download_videos": self.config.session["tidal"]["download_videos"],
             "download_booklets": self.config.session["qobuz"]["download_booklets"],
+            "download_youtube_videos": self.config.session["youtube"][
+                "download_videos"
+            ],
+            "youtube_video_downloads_folder": self.config.session["youtube"][
+                "video_downloads_folder"
+            ],
         }
 
     def download(self):
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@ class MusicDL(list):
             )
             click.secho("rip config --reset ", fg="yellow", nl=False)
             click.secho("to reset it. You will need to log in again.", fg="red")
-            logger.debug(err)
+            click.secho(err, fg='red')
             exit()
 
         logger.debug("Arguments from config: %s", arguments)