diff --git a/example-config.yaml b/example-config.yaml
index aeaa176..851ae78 100644
--- a/example-config.yaml
+++ b/example-config.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ config:
     channels:
         - UCL_qhgtOy0dy1Agp8vkySQg
         - UCHsx4Hqa-1ORjQTh9TYDhww
+    # If the invidious_instances key doesn't exist or all the instances fail, the youtube rss feed will be used as a fallback
+    invidious_instances:
+        - https://tube.connect.cafe
+        - https://invidious.zapashcanon.fr
+        - https://invidious.site
+        - https://invidious.048596.xyz
+        - https://vid.puffyan.us
+        - https://invidious.himiko.cloud
+        - https://invidious.silkky.cloud
diff --git a/ytnotifier.py b/ytnotifier.py
index c34d9eb..f3c6754 100644
--- a/ytnotifier.py
+++ b/ytnotifier.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if config.get('storage'):
 notify_chat = config['config']['notify_chat']
 wait_seconds = config['config']['wait_seconds']
 channels = config['config']['channels']
+invidious_instances = config['config'].get('invidious_instances', [])
 
 live_regex = re.compile(r'error: (?:ytnotifier:([0-9]+) )?(this live event will begin|premieres) in (.+)', re.I)
 strip_date = re.compile(r' \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}$')
@@ -123,6 +124,20 @@ async def handle_video(video_id, video_title):
     finally:
         tmp_handled_videos.discard(video_id)
 
+async def get_video_list(session, channel_id):
+    for i in invidious_instances:
+        try:
+            async with session.get(f'{i}/api/v1/channels/{channel_id}/latest?fields=title,videoId&a={time.time()}', headers={'Cache-Control': 'no-store, max-age=0'}) as resp:
+                if resp.status != 200:
+                    logging.error('Invidious instance %s returned %s', i, str(resp.status))
+                    continue
+                return list(map(lambda i: (i['videoId'], i['title']), await resp.json()))
+        except BaseException:
+            logging.exception('Invidious instance %s raised exception', i)
+    async with session.get(f'https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}&a={time.time()}', headers={'Cache-Control': 'no-store, max-age=0'}) as resp:
+        d = feedparser.parse(await resp.text())
+    return list(map(lambda i: (i['yt_videoid'], i['title']), d['entries']))
+
 async def main():
     await client.start(bot_token=bot_token)
     if storage_chat_id and storage_message_id:
@@ -149,11 +164,7 @@ async def main():
         while True:
             for i in channels:
                 logging.info('Checking %s', i)
-                async with session.get(f'https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={i}&a={time.time()}', headers={'Cache-Control': 'no-store, max-age=0'}) as resp:
-                    d = feedparser.parse(await resp.text())
-                for e in d['entries']:
-                    video_id = e['yt_videoid']
-                    video_title = e['title']
+                for video_id, video_title in await get_video_list(session, i):
                     if video_id not in seen_videos and video_id not in tmp_handled_videos:
                         tmp_handled_videos.add(video_id)
                         if loadmode: