diff --git a/includes/MediaYouTubeStreamWrapper.inc b/includes/MediaYouTubeStreamWrapper.inc
index cbdc1f2..e7c10ed 100644
--- a/includes/MediaYouTubeStreamWrapper.inc
+++ b/includes/MediaYouTubeStreamWrapper.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class MediaYouTubeStreamWrapper extends MediaReadOnlyStreamWrapper {
 
   function getOriginalThumbnailPath() {
     $parts = $this->get_parameters();
-    return 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/' . check_plain($parts['v']) . '/0.jpg';
+    return 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/' . check_plain($parts['v']) . '/maxresdefault.jpg';
   }
 
   function getLocalThumbnailPath() {