diff --git a/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua b/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
index 09570f4..e7afa46 100644
--- a/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
+++ b/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ function send_youtube_data(data, msg, self, link, sendpic)
   if sendpic then
     local image_url = get_yt_thumbnail(data)
 	-- need to change text, because Telegram captions can only be 200 characters long and don't support Markdown
+    -- hacky workaround
+    if data.statistics.likeCount then
+        likeCount = ' | 👍 '..comma_value(data.statistics.likeCount)..' |'
+        dislikeCount = ' 👎 '..comma_value(data.statistics.dislikeCount)
+    else
+        likeCount = ''
+        dislikeCount = ''
+    end
+    if data.statistics.commentCount then
+        commentCount = ' | 🗣 '..comma_value(data.statistics.commentCount)
+    else
+        commentCount = ''
+    end
     local text = link..'\n'..title..'\n🎥 '..uploader..', 📅 '..upload_date..'\n👁 '..viewCount..' | 🕒 '..duration..likeCount..dislikeCount..commentCount..'\n'
 	if blocked then
       text = text..'\nACHTUNG, In Deutschland gesperrt!'