diff --git a/backend/src/app.py b/backend/src/app.py
index 2066572..a484a46 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.py
+++ b/backend/src/app.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from dataclasses import asdict
 from .state import State
 from .connect import get_connection
 from .room import Room
-from .song import Song, init_db, get_song_by_title_artist, add_song_in_db
-from .song_fetch import lastfm_query_search, download_song_mp3
+from .song import Song, init_db, get_song_by_title_artist, add_song_in_db, get_song_by_uuid
+from .song_fetch import lastfm_query_search, yt_get_audio_url, yt_search_song
 from .qrcode_gen import generate_qr
 
 from typing import Any
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ def add_song():
 
     if (song := get_song_by_title_artist(info.title, info.artist)) is None:
         ## song not found, downolad from YT
-        if (res := download_song_mp3(info.title, info.artist)) is None:
-            return error("Cannot get info from YT")
+        yt_video_id = yt_search_song(info.title, info.artist)
 
         ## add in DB
         song = Song(
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ def add_song():
             artist=info.artist,
             tags=info.tags,
             image_id=info.img_id,
-            youtube_id=res[0],
+            youtube_id=yt_video_id,
         )
 
         add_song_in_db(song)
@@ -241,5 +240,19 @@ def room_qrcode():
     return Response(stream, content_type="image/jpeg")
 
 
+@app.get("/api/song/audio")
+def get_audio_url():
+    if (song_uuid := request.args.get("song")) is None:
+        return error("Missing song id")
+
+    if (song := get_song_by_uuid(song_uuid)) is None:
+        return error("Song not found")
+
+    if (url := yt_get_audio_url(song.youtube_id)) is None:
+        return error("Cannot get audio url")
+
+    return {"success": True, "url": url}
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     socketio.run(app, debug=True)
diff --git a/backend/src/song_fetch.py b/backend/src/song_fetch.py
index 561e18d..ec15485 100644
--- a/backend/src/song_fetch.py
+++ b/backend/src/song_fetch.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def lastfm_query_search(query: str) -> SongInfo:
     return SongInfo(artist=artist, title=name, img_id=img_id, tags=tags)
 
 
-def download_song_mp3(name: str, artist: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:  # ( id, audio )
+def yt_search_song(name: str, artist: str) -> str:  # video id
     ydl_opts = {
         "format": "bestaudio",
         "default_search": "ytsearch1",
@@ -70,12 +70,27 @@ def download_song_mp3(name: str, artist: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:  # ( id
     with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
         info = ydl.extract_info(f"{name!r} - {artist!r}", download=False)
 
-    first_entry = info["entries"][0]
+    return info["entries"][0]["id"]
 
-    video_id = first_entry["id"]
+
+def yt_get_audio_url(video_id) -> str | None:  # audio url
+    ydl_opts = {
+        "format": "bestaudio",
+        "default_search": "ytsearch1",
+        "outtmpl": "%(title)s.%(ext)s",
+        "skip_download": True,
+    }
+
+    with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
+        info = ydl.extract_info(video_id, download=False)
+
+    if "entries" not in info:
+        return info["url"]
+
+    first_entry = info["entries"][0]
 
     for fmt in first_entry["formats"]:
         if "acodec" in fmt and fmt["acodec"] != "none":
-            return video_id, fmt["url"]
+            return fmt["url"]
 
     return None