diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e1900b3..708866b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ quick-js-dtp = { version = "0.4.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "patch-dateparser",
 ] }
 once_cell = "1.12.0"
-regex = ">=1.6.0, <1.9.0"
+regex = "1.6.0"
 fancy-regex = "0.11.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.36"
 url = "2.2.2"
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index bf5413e..50c7f53 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -209,10 +209,8 @@ const ANDROID_API_KEY: &str = "AIzaSyA8eiZmM1FaDVjRy-df2KTyQ_vz_yYM39w";
 const IOS_API_KEY: &str = "AIzaSyB-63vPrdThhKuerbB2N_l7Kwwcxj6yUAc";
 const IOS_DEVICE_MODEL: &str = "iPhone14,5";
 
-static CLIENT_VERSION_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> =
-    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r#""INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION":"([\w\d\._-]+?)""#).unwrap());
-static VISITOR_DATA_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> =
-    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r#""visitorData":"([\w\d_\-%]+?)""#).unwrap());
+static CLIENT_VERSION_REGEXES: Lazy<[Regex; 1]> =
+    Lazy::new(|| [Regex::new(r#"INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION":"([\w\d\._-]+?)""#).unwrap()]);
 
 /// The RustyPipe client used to access YouTube's API
 ///
@@ -816,11 +814,11 @@ impl RustyPipe {
                 )
                 .await?;
 
-            util::get_cg_from_regex(&CLIENT_VERSION_REGEX, &swjs, 1).ok_or(Error::Extraction(
-                ExtractionError::InvalidData(Cow::Borrowed(
+            util::get_cg_from_regexes(CLIENT_VERSION_REGEXES.iter(), &swjs, 1).ok_or(
+                Error::Extraction(ExtractionError::InvalidData(Cow::Borrowed(
                     "Could not find client version in sw.js",
-                )),
-            ))
+                ))),
+            )
         });
 
         let from_html = async {
@@ -831,11 +829,11 @@ impl RustyPipe {
 
             let html = self.http_request_txt(&builder.build().unwrap()).await?;
 
-            util::get_cg_from_regex(&CLIENT_VERSION_REGEX, &html, 1).ok_or(Error::Extraction(
-                ExtractionError::InvalidData(Cow::Borrowed(
+            util::get_cg_from_regexes(CLIENT_VERSION_REGEXES.iter(), &html, 1).ok_or(
+                Error::Extraction(ExtractionError::InvalidData(Cow::Borrowed(
                     "Could not find client version on html page",
-                )),
-            ))
+                ))),
+            )
         };
 
         if let Some(from_swjs) = from_swjs {
@@ -967,15 +965,11 @@ impl RustyPipe {
     ///
     /// Since the cookie is shared between YT and YTM and the YTM page loads faster,
     /// we request that.
-    ///
-    /// Sometimes YouTube does not set the `__Secure-YEC` cookie. In this case, the
-    /// visitor data is extracted from the html page.
     async fn get_visitor_data(&self) -> Result<String, Error> {
         log::debug!("getting YT visitor data");
         let resp = self.inner.http.get(YOUTUBE_MUSIC_HOME_URL).send().await?;
 
-        let vdata = resp
-            .headers()
+        resp.headers()
             .get_all(header::SET_COOKIE)
             .iter()
             .find_map(|c| {
@@ -985,27 +979,10 @@ impl RustyPipe {
                     }
                 }
                 None
-            });
-
-        match vdata {
-            Some(vdata) => Ok(vdata),
-            None => {
-                if resp.status().is_success() {
-                    // Extract visitor data from html
-                    let html = resp.text().await?;
-
-                    util::get_cg_from_regex(&VISITOR_DATA_REGEX, &html, 1).ok_or(Error::Extraction(
-                        ExtractionError::InvalidData(Cow::Borrowed(
-                            "Could not find visitor data on html page",
-                        )),
-                    ))
-                } else {
-                    Err(Error::Extraction(ExtractionError::InvalidData(
-                        format!("Could not get visitor data, status: {}", resp.status()).into(),
-                    )))
-                }
-            }
-        }
+            })
+            .ok_or(Error::Extraction(ExtractionError::InvalidData(
+                Cow::Borrowed("could not get YTM cookies"),
+            )))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index 363d48d..ad881e3 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ pub const ARTIST_DISCOGRAPHY_PREFIX: &str = "MPAD";
 const CONTENT_PLAYBACK_NONCE_ALPHABET: &[u8; 64] =
     b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_";
 
-/// Return the given capture group that matches the regex
-pub fn get_cg_from_regex(regex: &Regex, text: &str, cg: usize) -> Option<String> {
-    regex
-        .captures(text)
-        .and_then(|c| c.get(cg).map(|c| c.as_str().to_owned()))
+/// Return the given capture group that matches first in a list of regexes
+pub fn get_cg_from_regexes<'a, I>(mut regexes: I, text: &str, cg: usize) -> Option<String>
+where
+    I: Iterator<Item = &'a Regex>,
+{
+    regexes
+        .find_map(|pattern| pattern.captures(text))
+        .map(|c| c.get(cg).unwrap().as_str().to_owned())
 }
 
 /// Return the given capture group that matches first in a list of fancy regexes
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ where
 {
     regexes
         .find_map(|pattern| pattern.captures(text).ok().flatten())
-        .and_then(|c| c.get(cg).map(|c| c.as_str().to_owned()))
+        .map(|c| c.get(cg).unwrap().as_str().to_owned())
 }
 
 /// Generate a random string with given length and byte charset.