diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/invidious.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/invidious.js
index 1dfbbdf3596f..dea8942ac617 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/invidious.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/invidious.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const actions = {
       const response = await fetch(requestUrl)
       const json = await response.json()
       instances = json.filter((instance) => {
-        if (instance[0].includes('.onion') || instance[0].includes('.i2p')) {
+        if (instance[0].includes('.onion') || instance[0].includes('.i2p') || !instance[1].api || (!process.env.IS_ELECTRON && !instance[1].cors)) {
           return false
         } else {
           return true
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ const actions = {
       } else {
         console.error('unable to read static file for invidious instances')
         instances = [
-          'https://invidious.snopyta.org',
-          'https://invidious.kavin.rocks/'
+          'https://invidious.sethforprivacy.com',
+          'https://invidious.namazso.eu'
         ]
       }
     }
diff --git a/static/invidious-instances.json b/static/invidious-instances.json
index 5d46c273e641..9dcd60b6d6c5 100644
--- a/static/invidious-instances.json
+++ b/static/invidious-instances.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 [
-    { "url": "https://yewtu.be" },
     { "url": "https://vid.puffyan.us" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.snopyta.org" },
-    { "url": "https://invidious.kavin.rocks" },
     { "url": "https://inv.riverside.rocks" },
     { "url": "https://invidious.osi.kr" },
     { "url": "https://y.com.sb" },