diff --git a/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr b/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
index 678ab121..b8fe87c7 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ module Invidious::JSONify::APIv1
                 json.field "viewCount", rv["view_count"]?.try &.empty? ? nil : rv["view_count"].to_i64
                 json.field "published", rv["published"]?
                 if !rv["published"].nil?
-                  json.field "publishedText", translate(locale, "`x` ago", recode_date(rv["published"], locale))
+                  json.field "publishedText", translate(locale, "`x` ago", recode_date(Time.unix(rv["published"].to_i), locale))
                 else
                   json.field "publishedText", translate(locale, "`x` ago", "NaN")
                 end