diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemDetailFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemDetailFragment.java
index d86b195de..d5d6ff052 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemDetailFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemDetailFragment.java
@@ -133,6 +133,28 @@ public class VideoItemDetailFragment extends Fragment {
                 streamInfo = StreamInfo.getVideoInfo(streamExtractor, new Downloader());
 
                 h.post(new VideoResultReturnedRunnable(streamInfo));
+
+                // look for errors during extraction
+                // this if statement only covers extra information.
+                // if these are not available or caused an error, they are just not available
+                // but don't render the stream information unusalbe.
+                if(streamInfo != null &&
+                        !streamInfo.errors.isEmpty()) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "OCCURRED ERRORS DURING EXTRACTION:");
+                    for (Exception e : streamInfo.errors) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                        Log.e(TAG, "------");
+                    }
+
+                    Activity a = getActivity();
+                    View rootView = a != null ? a.findViewById(R.id.videoitem_detail) : null;
+                    ErrorActivity.reportError(h, getActivity(),
+                            streamInfo.errors, null, rootView,
+                            ErrorActivity.ErrorInfo.make(ErrorActivity.REQUESTED_STREAM,
+                                    service.getServiceInfo().name, videoUrl, 0 /* no message for the user */));
+                }
+
+                // These errors render the stream information unusable.
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 postNewErrorToast(h, R.string.network_error);
                 e.printStackTrace();
@@ -205,21 +227,6 @@ public class VideoItemDetailFragment extends Fragment {
                             }
                         });
                 e.printStackTrace();
-            } finally {
-                if(streamInfo != null &&
-                        !streamInfo.errors.isEmpty()) {
-                    Log.e(TAG, "OCCURRED ERRORS DURING EXTRACTION:");
-                    for(Exception e : streamInfo.errors) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-
-                    Activity a = getActivity();
-                    View rootView = a != null ? a.findViewById(R.id.videoitem_detail) : null;
-                    ErrorActivity.reportError(h, getActivity(),
-                            streamInfo.errors, null, rootView,
-                            ErrorActivity.ErrorInfo.make(ErrorActivity.REQUESTED_STREAM,
-                                    service.getServiceInfo().name,  videoUrl, 0 /* no message for the user */));
-                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
index ac1d1a2cd..7dc01bd38 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/VideoItemListFragment.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -101,26 +102,53 @@ public class VideoItemListFragment extends ListFragment {
         }
         @Override
         public void run() {
+            SearchResult result = null;
             try {
                 SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext());
                 String searchLanguageKey = getContext().getString(R.string.search_language_key);
                 String searchLanguage = sp.getString(searchLanguageKey,
                         getString(R.string.default_language_value));
-                SearchResult result = SearchResult
+                result = SearchResult
                         .getSearchResult(engine, query, page, searchLanguage, new Downloader());
 
-                //Log.i(TAG, "language code passed:\""+searchLanguage+"\"");
                 if(runs) {
                     h.post(new ResultRunnable(result, requestId));
                 }
+
+                // look for errors during extraction
+                // soft errors:
+                if(result != null &&
+                        !result.errors.isEmpty()) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "OCCURRED ERRORS DURING SEARCH EXTRACTION:");
+                    for(Exception e : result.errors) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                        Log.e(TAG, "------");
+                    }
+
+                    Activity a = getActivity();
+                    View rootView = a.findViewById(R.id.videoitem_list);
+                    ErrorActivity.reportError(h, getActivity(), result.errors, null, rootView,
+                            ErrorActivity.ErrorInfo.make(ErrorActivity.SEARCHED,
+                        /* todo: this shoudl not be assigned static */ "Youtube", query, R.string.general_error));
+
+                }
+                // hard errors:
             } catch(IOException e) {
                 postNewErrorToast(h, R.string.network_error);
                 e.printStackTrace();
-            } catch(ExtractionException ce) {
-                postNewErrorToast(h, R.string.parsing_error);
-                ce.printStackTrace();
+            } catch(ExtractionException e) {
+                ErrorActivity.reportError(h, getActivity(), e, null, null,
+                        ErrorActivity.ErrorInfo.make(ErrorActivity.SEARCHED,
+                        /* todo: this shoudl not be assigned static */ "Youtube", query, R.string.parsing_error));
+
+                //postNewErrorToast(h, R.string.parsing_error);
+                e.printStackTrace();
+
             } catch(Exception e) {
-                postNewErrorToast(h, R.string.general_error);
+                ErrorActivity.reportError(h, getActivity(), e, null, null,
+                        ErrorActivity.ErrorInfo.make(ErrorActivity.SEARCHED,
+                        /* todo: this shoudl not be assigned static */ "Youtube", query, R.string.general_error));
+
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeSearchEngine.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeSearchEngine.java
index 83b8dab36..6afed94eb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeSearchEngine.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeSearchEngine.java
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ public class YoutubeSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
 
             @Override
             public long getViewCount() throws ParsingException {
+                throw new ParsingException("blabla");
+                /*
                 String output;
                 String input = item.select("div[class=\"yt-lockup-meta\"]").first()
                         .select("li").get(1)
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ public class YoutubeSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
                     Log.d(TAG, "bla");
                 }
                 return Long.parseLong(output);
+                */
             }
 
             @Override