diff --git a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/AnnouncementsPatch.java b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/AnnouncementsPatch.java
index ec1f12e2a..8358824f4 100644
--- a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/AnnouncementsPatch.java
+++ b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/AnnouncementsPatch.java
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ public final class AnnouncementsPatch {
         int id = Settings.ANNOUNCEMENT_LAST_ID.defaultValue;
         try {
             final var announcementIds = new JSONArray(jsonString);
+            if (announcementIds.length() == 0) return true;
+            
             id = announcementIds.getJSONObject(0).getInt("id");
-
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
-            Logger.printException(() -> "Failed to parse announcement IDs", ex);
+            Logger.printException(() -> "Failed to parse announcement ID", ex);
         }
 
         // Do not show the announcement, if the last announcement id is the same as the current one.
diff --git a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/requests/AnnouncementsRoutes.java b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/requests/AnnouncementsRoutes.java
index 6f5261056..d3a64513b 100644
--- a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/requests/AnnouncementsRoutes.java
+++ b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/announcements/requests/AnnouncementsRoutes.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import static app.revanced.extension.shared.requests.Route.Method.GET;
 
 public class AnnouncementsRoutes {
     private static final String ANNOUNCEMENTS_PROVIDER = "https://api.revanced.app/v4";
-    public static final Route GET_LATEST_ANNOUNCEMENT_IDS = new Route(GET, "/announcements/latest/id?tag=youtube");
-    public static final Route GET_LATEST_ANNOUNCEMENTS = new Route(GET, "/announcements/latest?tag=youtube");
+    public static final Route GET_LATEST_ANNOUNCEMENT_IDS = new Route(GET, "/announcements/latest/id?tag=\uD83C\uDF9E\uFE0F YouTube");
+    public static final Route GET_LATEST_ANNOUNCEMENTS = new Route(GET, "/announcements/latest?tag=\uD83C\uDF9E\uFE0F YouTube");
 
     private AnnouncementsRoutes() {
     }