diff --git a/lib/parseItem.js b/lib/parseItem.js
index 51eb326..9255395 100644
--- a/lib/parseItem.js
+++ b/lib/parseItem.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const parseVideo = obj => {
       author.navigationEndpoint.commandMetadata.webCommandMetadata.url;
   }
   const badges = Array.isArray(obj.badges) ? obj.badges.map(a => a.metadataBadgeRenderer.label) : [];
-  const isLive = badges.some(b => b === 'LIVE NOW');
+  const isLive = badges.some(b => b === 'LIVE');
   const upcoming = obj.upcomingEventData ? Number(`${obj.upcomingEventData.startTime}000`) : null;
   const ctsr = obj.channelThumbnailSupportedRenderers;
   const authorImg = !ctsr ? { thumbnail: { thumbnails: [] } } : ctsr.channelThumbnailWithLinkRenderer;
@@ -353,9 +353,10 @@ const parseMovie = obj => {
 };
 
 const parseShort = obj => {
-  const playerHeader = obj.navigationEndpoint.reelWatchEndpoint.overlay
-    .reelPlayerOverlayRenderer.reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers.reelPlayerHeaderRenderer;
-  const channelNavEndpoint = playerHeader.channelTitleText.runs[0].navigationEndpoint;
+  const playerOverlay = obj.navigationEndpoint.reelWatchEndpoint.overlay.reelPlayerOverlayRenderer;
+  const playerHeader = playerOverlay.reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers &&
+    playerOverlay.reelPlayerHeaderSupportedRenderers.reelPlayerHeaderRenderer;
+
   return {
     type: 'short',
     title: UTIL.parseText(obj.headline, ''),
@@ -364,15 +365,20 @@ const parseShort = obj => {
     bestThumbnail: prepImg(obj.thumbnail.thumbnails)[0],
     thumbnails: prepImg(obj.thumbnail.thumbnails),
     views: UTIL.parseText(obj.viewCountText, ''),
-    published: UTIL.parseText(playerHeader.timestampText, ''),
-
-    channel: {
-      name: UTIL.parseText(playerHeader.channelTitleText, ''),
-      channelID: channelNavEndpoint.browseEndpoint.browseId,
-      url: new URL(channelNavEndpoint.commandMetadata.webCommandMetadata.url, BASE_VIDEO_URL).toString(),
-      bestAvatar: prepImg(playerHeader.channelThumbnail.thumbnails)[0] || null,
-      avatars: prepImg(playerHeader.channelThumbnail.thumbnails),
-    },
+    published: UTIL.parseText(playerHeader && playerHeader.timestampText, ''),
+
+    channel: (() => {
+      if (!playerHeader) return null;
+
+      const channelNavEndpoint = playerHeader.channelTitleText.runs[0].navigationEndpoint;
+      return {
+        name: UTIL.parseText(playerHeader.channelTitleText, ''),
+        channelID: channelNavEndpoint.browseEndpoint.browseId,
+        url: new URL(channelNavEndpoint.commandMetadata.webCommandMetadata.url, BASE_VIDEO_URL).toString(),
+        bestAvatar: prepImg(playerHeader.channelThumbnail.thumbnails)[0] || null,
+        avatars: prepImg(playerHeader.channelThumbnail.thumbnails),
+      }
+    })(),
   };
 };