diff --git a/api/src/misc/utils.js b/api/src/misc/utils.js
index 76d7a3eb..a7c523a4 100644
--- a/api/src/misc/utils.js
+++ b/api/src/misc/utils.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { request } from 'undici';
 const redirectStatuses = new Set([301, 302, 303, 307, 308]);
 
-export async function getRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, userAgent) {
+export async function getRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, headers) {
     const location = await request(url, {
         dispatcher,
         method: 'HEAD',
-        headers: { 'user-agent': userAgent }
+        headers: headers
     }).then(r => {
         if (redirectStatuses.has(r.statusCode) && r.headers['location']) {
             return r.headers['location'];
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js b/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
index 9cc7dbdf..0fa25527 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/instagram.js
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ export default function instagram(obj) {
             // for some reason instagram decides to return HTML
             // instead of a redirect when requesting with a normal
             // browser user-agent
-            'curl/7.88.1'
+            {'User-Agent': 'curl/7.88.1'}
         ).then(match => instagram({
             ...obj, ...match,
             shareId: undefined
diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js b/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
index 3bd8e88f..e1eba244 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/reddit.js
@@ -53,27 +53,18 @@ export default async function(obj) {
     const accessToken = await getAccessToken();
 
     if (params.shortId) {
-        let url = await fetch(`https://www.reddit.com/video/${params.shortId}`, {
-            headers: {
-                'User-Agent': genericUserAgent,
-                'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}`
-            }
-        }).then(r => r.url).catch(() => {});
-
-        if (!url) return { error: "fetch.fail" };
-
-        try {
-            params = extract(normalizeURL(url)).patternMatch;
-        } catch (error) {
-            return { error: "fetch.fail" };
-        }
+        params = await resolveRedirectingURL(
+            `https://www.reddit.com/video/${params.shortId}`,
+            obj.dispatcher,
+            {'User-Agent': genericUserAgent, 'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}`}
+        );
     }
 
     if (!params.id && params.shareId) {
         params = await resolveRedirectingURL(
             `https://www.reddit.com/r/${params.sub}/s/${params.shareId}`,
             obj.dispatcher,
-            genericUserAgent
+            {'User-Agent': genericUserAgent}
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/processing/url.js b/api/src/processing/url.js
index a0f70fed..86c333f6 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/url.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/url.js
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ export function extract(url) {
     return { host, patternMatch };
 }
 
-export async function resolveRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, userAgent) {
+export async function resolveRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, headers) {
     const originalService = getHostIfValid(normalizeURL(url));
     if (!originalService) return;
 
-    const canonicalURL = await getRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, userAgent);
+    const canonicalURL = await getRedirectingURL(url, dispatcher, headers);
     if (!canonicalURL) return;
 
     const { host, patternMatch } = extract(normalizeURL(canonicalURL));