diff --git a/lib/info.js b/lib/info.js
index 68c9143b..8531db1e 100644
--- a/lib/info.js
+++ b/lib/info.js
@@ -58,24 +58,24 @@ exports.getBasicInfo = async(id, options) => {
 
   let getWatchPage = async(maxRetries = 1) => {
     let body = await miniget(jsonEndpointURL, reqOptions).text();
-    let info;
+    let parsedBody;
     try {
       let jsonClosingChars = /^[)\]}'\s]+/;
       if (jsonClosingChars.test(body)) {
         body = body.replace(jsonClosingChars, '');
       }
-      let parsedBody = JSON.parse(body);
+      parsedBody = JSON.parse(body);
       if (parsedBody.reload === 'now' && maxRetries > 0) {
         await setIdentityToken('browser', false);
         return getWatchPage(maxRetries - 1);
       }
-      if (!Array.isArray(parsedBody)) {
-        throw Error('Unable to retrieve video metadata');
-      }
-      info = parsedBody.reduce((part, curr) => Object.assign(curr, part), {});
     } catch (err) {
       throw Error(`Error parsing info: ${err.message}`);
     }
+    if (!Array.isArray(parsedBody)) {
+      throw Error('Unable to retrieve video metadata');
+    }
+    let info = parsedBody.reduce((part, curr) => Object.assign(curr, part), {});
     return [info, body];
   };
 
diff --git a/test/info-test.js b/test/info-test.js
index 2b163e8e..25f95727 100644
--- a/test/info-test.js
+++ b/test/info-test.js
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe('ytdl.getInfo()', () => {
           type: 'with-cookie',
           watch: 'reload-now',
         });
-        await assert.rejects(ytdl.getInfo(id), /Unable to retrieve video metadata/);
+        await assert.rejects(ytdl.getInfo(id), /Error: Unable to retrieve video metadata/);
         scope.done();
         scope2.done();
       });