diff --git a/src/example/main.cpp b/src/example/main.cpp
index 2f95c849..d4a4cd29 100644
--- a/src/example/main.cpp
+++ b/src/example/main.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 int main() {
     const auto ytm = YTMusic();
-    const auto results = ytm.search("Saint Motel");
+    const auto results = ytm.search("grüne augen lügen nich");
 
     std::cout << "Found " << results.size() << " results." << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/src/ytmusic.cpp b/src/ytmusic.cpp
index 4ee9f31b..3acfc8de 100644
--- a/src/ytmusic.cpp
+++ b/src/ytmusic.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ std::optional<search::SearchResultItem> extract_search_result(py::handle result)
         return search::Playlist {
             result["browseId"].cast<std::string>(),
             result["title"].cast<std::string>(),
-            result["author"].cast<std::string>(),
+            result["author"].cast<std::optional<std::string>>(),
             result["itemCount"].cast<std::string>(),
             extract_py_list<meta::Thumbnail>(result["thumbnails"])
         };
diff --git a/src/ytmusic.h b/src/ytmusic.h
index 77834813..b6f97f06 100644
--- a/src/ytmusic.h
+++ b/src/ytmusic.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct Video : public Media {
 struct Playlist {
     std::string browse_id;
     std::string title;
-    std::string author;
+    std::optional<std::string> author;
     std::string item_count;
     std::vector<meta::Thumbnail> thumbnails;
 };