diff --git a/tobrot/helper_funcs/youtube_dl_extractor.py b/tobrot/helper_funcs/youtube_dl_extractor.py
index 2ba1856d..4852c182 100644
--- a/tobrot/helper_funcs/youtube_dl_extractor.py
+++ b/tobrot/helper_funcs/youtube_dl_extractor.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 )
 
 
-async def extract_youtube_dl_formats(url, user_working_dir):
+async def extract_youtube_dl_formats(url, yt_dl_user_name, yt_dl_pass_word, user_working_dir):
     command_to_exec = [
         "youtube-dl",
         "--no-warnings",
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ async def extract_youtube_dl_formats(url, user_working_dir):
     if "hotstar" in url:
         command_to_exec.append("--geo-bypass-country")
         command_to_exec.append("IN")
+    #
+    if yt_dl_user_name is not None:
+        command_to_exec.append("--username")
+        command_to_exec.append(yt_dl_user_name)
+    if yt_dl_pass_word is not None:
+        command_to_exec.append("--password")
+        command_to_exec.append(yt_dl_pass_word)
+
     LOGGER.info(command_to_exec)
     process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
         *command_to_exec,
diff --git a/tobrot/plugins/incoming_message_fn.py b/tobrot/plugins/incoming_message_fn.py
index eeca2333..91256e67 100644
--- a/tobrot/plugins/incoming_message_fn.py
+++ b/tobrot/plugins/incoming_message_fn.py
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ async def incoming_youtube_dl_f(client, message):
         # list the formats, and display in button markup formats
         thumb_image, text_message, reply_markup = await extract_youtube_dl_formats(
             dl_url,
+            # cf_name,
+            yt_dl_user_name,
+            yt_dl_pass_word,
             user_working_dir
         )
         if thumb_image is not None: