diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/tiktok.js b/api/src/processing/services/tiktok.js
index 6fec01d8..93e07c50 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/tiktok.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/tiktok.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Cookie from "../cookie/cookie.js";
 
-import { extract } from "../url.js";
+import { extract, normalizeURL } from "../url.js";
 import { genericUserAgent } from "../../config.js";
 import { updateCookie } from "../cookie/manager.js";
 import { createStream } from "../../stream/manage.js";
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export default async function(obj) {
 
         if (html.startsWith('<a href="https://')) {
             const extractedURL = html.split('<a href="')[1].split('?')[0];
-            const { patternMatch } = extract(extractedURL);
-            postId = patternMatch.postId;
+            const { patternMatch } = extract(normalizeURL(extractedURL));
+            postId = patternMatch?.postId;
         }
     }
     if (!postId) return { error: "fetch.short_link" };