diff --git a/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.json.php b/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.json.php
index 146b6610dc24..ef1120bec3bd 100644
--- a/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.json.php
+++ b/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.json.php
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 header('Content-Type: application/json');
 
 if (!User::isLogged()) {
-    die(json_encode(['error' => 'You must be logged in to search']));
+    die(json_encode(['error' => true, 'msg'=>'You must be logged in to search']));
 }
 
 $query = $_POST['query'] ?? '';
 $pageToken = $_POST['pageToken'] ?? '';
 
 if (empty($query)) {
-    die(json_encode(['error' => 'Search query cannot be empty']));
+    die(json_encode(['error' => true, 'msg'=>'Search query cannot be empty']));
 }
 
 $obj = AVideoPlugin::getObjectData("BulkEmbed");
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@
     $youtubeApiUrl .= "&pageToken=" . $pageToken;
 }
 
-$response = file_get_contents($youtubeApiUrl);
+$response = url_get_contents($youtubeApiUrl);
 $responseData = json_decode($response, true);
 
 if (empty($responseData) || !isset($responseData['items'])) {
-    die(json_encode(['error' => 'Failed to retrieve data from YouTube', $responseData]));
+    _error_log('Failed to retrieve data from YouTube ' . $youtubeApiUrl);
+    $msg = 'Failed to retrieve data from YouTube';
+    if(!empty($responseData['error']) && !empty($responseData['error']['message'])){
+        $msg .= '<br>'.$responseData['error']['message'];
+    }
+
+    die(json_encode(['error' => true, 'msg'=>$msg]));
 }
 
 // Prepare the result array to include the embedding status
diff --git a/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.php b/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.php
index a06e02680feb..7c4f9209c60c 100644
--- a/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.php
+++ b/plugin/BulkEmbed/search.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ function search(pageToken = '') {
             },
             success: function(response) {
                 if (response.error) {
-                    avideoAlertError(response.error);
+                    avideoAlertError(response.msg);
                 } else {
                     processData(response.data);
                     // Store search results globally