diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/process-youtube-video.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/process-youtube-video.ts
index 339657203..97d4fb0d5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/process-youtube-video.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/process-youtube-video.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,20 @@ export interface ProcessYouTubeTranscriptJobData {
   libraryItemId: string
 }
 
+const sanitizeTranscript = (
+  transcript: TranscriptProperties[]
+): TranscriptProperties[] => {
+  return transcript.map((item) => {
+    return {
+      // Youtubei library uses comma and space to separate words in the transcript
+      // We need to remove the comma to avoid breaking the transcript
+      text: item.text.replace(/,/g, ''),
+      start: item.start,
+      duration: item.duration,
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 export const processYouTubeTranscript = async (
   jobData: ProcessYouTubeTranscriptJobData
 ) => {
@@ -350,10 +364,12 @@ export const processYouTubeTranscript = async (
 
   let transcript: TranscriptProperties[] | undefined = undefined
   if ('getTranscript' in video) {
-    transcript = await video.getTranscript()
+    transcript = await video.captions?.get()
   }
 
   if (transcript) {
+    transcript = sanitizeTranscript(transcript)
+
     if (chapters) {
       transcript = addTranscriptChapters(chapters, transcript)
     }