diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index c8279b2..c807639 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
     def brozzle_page(self, browser, site, page, on_screenshot=None,
                      on_request=None, enable_youtube_dl=True):
         self.logger.info("brozzling {}".format(page))
+        if page.url.startswith('https://www.instagram.com/'):
+            self.logger.info(
+                    'skipping youtube-dl for %s', page.url)
+            enable_youtube_dl = False
         ydl_fetches = None
         outlinks = set()
         if enable_youtube_dl: