diff --git a/youtube-quality.lua b/youtube-quality.lua
index b587f37..6fd98bc 100644
--- a/youtube-quality.lua
+++ b/youtube-quality.lua
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function show_menu()
         draw_menu()
     end
     function choose_prefix(i)
-        if     i == selected and i == active then return opts.selected_and_active 
+        if     i == selected and i == active then return opts.selected_and_active
         elseif i == selected then return opts.selected_and_inactive end
 
         if     i ~= selected and i == active then return opts.unselected_and_active
@@ -157,11 +157,26 @@ function show_menu()
     mp.add_forced_key_binding(opts.toggle_menu_binding, "escape", destroy)
 
     draw_menu()
-    return 
+    return
+end
+
+-- Function to check if a command is executable
+function isExecutable(command)
+    local f = io.popen("which " .. command)
+    local path = f:read("*a")
+    f:close()
+    return string.len(path) > 0
+end
+
+-- Check if youtube-dl or yt-dlp is in PATH
+if isExecutable("youtube-dl") then
+    yt_tool = "youtube-dl"
+elseif isExecutable("yt-dlp") then
+    yt_tool = "yt-dlp"
 end
 
 local ytdl = {
-    path = "youtube-dl",
+    path = yt_tool,
     searched = false,
     blacklisted = {}
 }
@@ -186,7 +201,7 @@ function download_formats()
     url = string.gsub(url, "ytdl://", "") -- Strip possible ytdl:// prefix.
 
     -- don't fetch the format list if we already have it
-    if format_cache[url] ~= nil then 
+    if format_cache[url] ~= nil then
         local res = format_cache[url]
         return res, table_size(res)
     end
@@ -240,7 +255,7 @@ end
 
 
 -- register script message to show menu
-mp.register_script_message("toggle-quality-menu", 
+mp.register_script_message("toggle-quality-menu",
 function()
     if destroyer ~= nil then
         destroyer()