diff --git a/brozzler/model.py b/brozzler/model.py
index bc05099..b0f216d 100644
--- a/brozzler/model.py
+++ b/brozzler/model.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def new_job(frontier, job_conf):
         merged_conf["seed"] = merged_conf.pop("url")
         site = brozzler.Site(frontier.rr, merged_conf)
         site.id = str(uuid.uuid4())
-        site.seed_id = seed_conf['metadata']['ait_seed_id']
         sites.append(site)
         pages.append(new_seed_page(frontier, site))
 
diff --git a/brozzler/ydl.py b/brozzler/ydl.py
index e3fa21a..133b46e 100644
--- a/brozzler/ydl.py
+++ b/brozzler/ydl.py
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ def _timestamp4datetime(timestamp):
 
 def should_ytdlp(worker, page, site):
     ytdlp_url = page.redirect_url if page.redirect_url else page.url
-    ytdlp_seed = site.seed_id if site.seed_id else None
-    # ytdlp_seed = site.get(site.id).pluck("metadata", "ait_seed_id").default(None) if site.rr else None ???
-    logging.info("ytdlp_seed: %s", ytdlp_seed)
+    ytdlp_seed = site["metadata"]["ait_seed_id"]
+    logging.info("checking containing page %r, site %r", ytdlp_url, ytdlp_seed)
 
     if ytdlp_seed and "youtube.com/watch?v" in ytdlp_url:
+        logging.info("found youtube watch page %r", ytdlp_url)
         # connect to bmiller-dev cluster, keyspace video; we can modify default timeout in cassandra.yaml
         cluster = Cluster(["207.241.235.189"], protocol_version=5)
         session = cluster.connect("video")