diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c35928d..fbb1747 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ impl Display for Error {
         f.write_str(self.details.to_string().as_str())
     }
 }
+impl From<String> for Error {
+    fn from(details: String) -> Self {
+        Self { details }
+    }
+}
 impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
     fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -51,9 +56,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let subscriptions = "subscriptions.txt";
     let history = "downloaded.txt";
 
-    for channel_url in lines_from(subscriptions)? {
-        let channel_url = channel_url?;
-        let feed_url = get_feed_url(channel_url)?;
+    for channel_name in lines_from(subscriptions)? {
+        let channel_name = channel_name?;
+        let feed_url = get_feed_url(channel_name)?;
         for entry in get_feed(feed_url)?.entries() {
             if let Some(link) = get_link(entry) {
                 if !is_already_downloaded(&link, history)? {
@@ -68,7 +73,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn get_feed_url(channel_url: String) -> Result<String> {
+fn get_feed_url(channel_name: String) -> Result<String> {
+    if let Some(channel_prefix) = channel_name.chars().next() {
+        if channel_prefix != '@' {
+            return Err(format!("Channel Name must begin with an '@': {}", channel_name).into());
+        }
+    }
+    let channel_url = format!("https://www.youtube.com/{}", channel_name);
     let response = reqwest::blocking::get(channel_url)?;
     let rss_url = scraper::Html::parse_document(&response.text()?)
         .select(&scraper::Selector::parse("link[title='RSS']").unwrap())