diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
index 2c577f57..a7cef0f0 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/playlist.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 from home.src.download.thumbnails import ThumbManager
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap, IndexPaginate
+from home.src.index import channel
 from home.src.index.generic import YouTubeItem
 from home.src.index.video import YoutubeVideo
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
                 return
 
             self.process_youtube_meta()
+            self._ensure_channel()
             ids_found = self.get_local_vids()
             self.get_entries(ids_found)
             self.json_data["playlist_entries"] = self.all_members
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ class YoutubePlaylist(YouTubeItem):
             "playlist_type": "regular",
         }
 
+    def _ensure_channel(self):
+        """make sure channel is indexed"""
+        channel_id = self.json_data["playlist_channel_id"]
+        channel_handler = channel.YoutubeChannel(channel_id)
+        channel_handler.build_json(upload=True)
+
     def get_local_vids(self) -> list[str]:
         """get local video ids from youtube entries"""
         entries = self.youtube_meta["entries"]