diff --git a/video_embed_field.handlers.inc b/video_embed_field.handlers.inc
index 06cdfdf..ebbbf9e 100644
--- a/video_embed_field.handlers.inc
+++ b/video_embed_field.handlers.inc
@@ -163,16 +163,12 @@ function _video_embed_field_get_youtube_id($url) {
 function video_embed_field_handle_youtube($url, $settings) {
   $output = array();
 
-  // Grab the minutes and seconds, and just convert it down to seconds.
-  preg_match('/#t=((?P<min>\d+)m)?((?P<sec>\d+)s)?/', $url, $matches);
-
-  // Give it some default data in case there is no #t=...
-  $matches += array(
-    "min" => 0,
-    "sec" => 0,
-  );
-  $time = ($matches["min"] * 60) + $matches["sec"];
-  $settings['start'] = $time;
+  //Grab the minutes and seconds, and just convert it down to seconds.
+  //If #t doesn't exist, don't set start=0 as this will break live streams.
+  if (preg_match('/#t=((?P<min>\d+)m)?((?P<sec>\d+)s)?/', $url, $matches)) {
+    $time = ($matches["min"] * 60) + $matches["sec"];
+    $settings['start'] = $time;
+  }
 
   $id = _video_embed_field_get_youtube_id($url);
   if (!$id) {