diff --git a/service_youtube.go b/service_youtube.go
index 640b244..09768ff 100644
--- a/service_youtube.go
+++ b/service_youtube.go
@@ -63,17 +63,20 @@ func (y YouTube) URLRegex(url string) bool {
 
 // Creates the requested song/playlist and adds to the queue
 func (y YouTube) NewRequest(user *gumble.User, url string) error {
+	shortURL := ""
+	startOffset := ""
 	youtubePlaylistPattern := `https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/playlist\?list=([\w-]+)`
+
 	if re, err := regexp.Compile(youtubePlaylistPattern); err == nil {
 		if re.MatchString(url) {
 			if dj.HasPermission(user.Name, dj.conf.Permissions.AdminAddPlaylists) {
-				shortURL := re.FindStringSubmatch(url)[1]
+				shortURL = re.FindStringSubmatch(url)[1]
 				NewYouTubePlaylist(user.Name, shortURL)
 			} else {
 				return errors.New("NO_PLAYLIST_PERMISSION")
 			}
 		} else {
-			matches = re.FindAllStringSubmatch(url, -1)
+			matches := re.FindAllStringSubmatch(url, -1)
 			shortURL = matches[0][1]
 			if len(matches[0]) == 3 {
 				startOffset = matches[0][2]