diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
index b0cb9e00..2a0e4e58 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authentication
         # send captcha if enabled
         if CONFIG.captcha_enabled
           # send captcha
-          captcha = Invidious::User::Captcha.generate_text(HMAC_KEY)
+          captcha = Invidious::User::Captcha.generate_text(HMAC_KEY, ":captcha")
           # puts captcha
           response = JSON.build do |json|
             json.object do
diff --git a/src/invidious/user/captcha.cr b/src/invidious/user/captcha.cr
index 8a0f67e5..b1f5c5d6 100644
--- a/src/invidious/user/captcha.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/user/captcha.cr
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ struct Invidious::User
       }
     end
 
-    def generate_text(key)
+    def generate_text(key, scope = ":login")
       response = make_client(TEXTCAPTCHA_URL, &.get("/github.com/iv.org/invidious.json").body)
       response = JSON.parse(response)
 
       tokens = response["a"].as_a.map do |answer|
-        generate_response(answer.as_s, {":login"}, key, use_nonce: true)
+        generate_response(answer.as_s, {scope}, key, use_nonce: true)
       end
 
       return {