diff --git a/client/src/standalone/videos/embed.ts b/client/src/standalone/videos/embed.ts
index dca23ca7ea21..3bc0cd58e4f3 100644
--- a/client/src/standalone/videos/embed.ts
+++ b/client/src/standalone/videos/embed.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
   peertubeTranslate,
   ResultList,
   ServerConfig,
-  VideoDetails
+  VideoDetails,
+  UserRefreshToken
 } from '../../../../shared'
 import { VideoCaption } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/caption/video-caption.model'
 import {
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ import { PeerTubeEmbedApi } from './embed-api'
 import { TranslationsManager } from '../../assets/player/translations-manager'
 import videojs from 'video.js'
 import { VideoJSCaption } from '../../assets/player/peertube-videojs-typings'
-import { AuthUser } from '@app/core/auth/auth-user.model'
+import { AuthUser } from '../../app/core/auth/auth-user.model'
+import { peertubeLocalStorage, objectToUrlEncoded } from '../../app/helpers'
 
 type Translations = { [ id: string ]: string }
 
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ export class PeerTubeEmbed {
 
   user: AuthUser
   headers = new Headers()
+  LOCAL_STORAGE_OAUTH_CLIENT_KEYS = {
+    CLIENT_ID: 'client_id',
+    CLIENT_SECRET: 'client_secret'
+  }
 
   static async main () {
     const videoContainerId = 'video-container'
@@ -60,12 +66,66 @@ export class PeerTubeEmbed {
     return window.location.origin + '/api/v1/videos/' + id
   }
 
+  refreshFetch (url: string, options?: Object) {
+    return fetch(url, options)
+      .then((res: Response) => {
+        // 401 unauthorized is not catch-ed, but then-ed
+        const error = res
+
+        if (res.status === 401) {
+          let refreshingTokenPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            const clientId: string = peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.LOCAL_STORAGE_OAUTH_CLIENT_KEYS.CLIENT_ID)
+            const clientSecret: string = peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.LOCAL_STORAGE_OAUTH_CLIENT_KEYS.CLIENT_SECRET)
+            const headers = new Headers()
+            headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+            const data = {
+              refresh_token: this.user.getRefreshToken(),
+              client_id: clientId,
+              client_secret: clientSecret,
+              response_type: 'code',
+              grant_type: 'refresh_token'
+            }
+
+            fetch('/api/v1/users/token', {
+              headers,
+              method: 'POST',
+              body: objectToUrlEncoded(data)
+            })
+              .then(async (res: Response) => {
+                const obj: UserRefreshToken = await res.json()
+                this.user.refreshTokens(obj.access_token, obj.refresh_token)
+                this.user.save()
+                this.headers.set('Authorization', `${this.user.getTokenType()} ${this.user.getAccessToken()}`)
+                refreshingTokenPromise = null
+                resolve()
+              })
+              .catch((refreshTokenError: any) => {
+                refreshingTokenPromise = null
+                reject(refreshTokenError)
+              })
+          })
+
+          return refreshingTokenPromise
+            .catch(() => {
+              // If refreshing fails, continue with original error
+              throw error
+            })
+            .then(() => fetch(url, {
+              ...options,
+              headers: this.headers
+            }))
+        }
+
+        return res
+      })
+  }
+
   loadVideoInfo (videoId: string): Promise<Response> {
-    return fetch(this.getVideoUrl(videoId), { headers: this.headers })
+    return this.refreshFetch(this.getVideoUrl(videoId), { headers: this.headers })
   }
 
   loadVideoCaptions (videoId: string): Promise<Response> {
-    return fetch(this.getVideoUrl(videoId) + '/captions', { headers: this.headers })
+    return fetch(this.getVideoUrl(videoId) + '/captions')
   }
 
   loadConfig (): Promise<Response> {