diff --git a/src/Plugin/video_embed_field/Provider/YouTube.php b/src/Plugin/video_embed_field/Provider/YouTube.php
index aa11aea..2643e5a 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/video_embed_field/Provider/YouTube.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/video_embed_field/Provider/YouTube.php
@@ -60,28 +60,38 @@ class YouTube extends ProviderPluginBase {
   protected function getLanguagePreference() {
     preg_match('/[&\?]hl=(?<language>[a-z\-]*)/', $this->getInput(), $matches);
     return isset($matches['language']) ? $matches['language'] : FALSE;
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function getRemoteThumbnailUrl() {
     $url = 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/%s/%s.jpg';
-    $high_resolution = sprintf($url, $this->getVideoId(), 'maxresdefault');
-    $backup = sprintf($url, $this->getVideoId(), 'mqdefault');
-    try {
-      $this->httpClient->head($high_resolution);
-      return $high_resolution;
-    }
-    catch (\Exception $e) {
-      return $backup;
+    $resolutions = [
+      'maxresdefault',
+      'hqdefault',
+      'mqdefault',
+      'sddefault',
+      'default',
+    ];
+
+    foreach ($resolutions as $res) {
+      $thumbnail_url = sprintf($url, $this->getVideoId(), $res);
+
+      try {
+        $this->httpClient->head($thumbnail_url);
+        return $thumbnail_url;
+      }
+      catch (\Exception $e) {
+        continue;
+      }
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static function getIdFromInput($input) {
     preg_match('/^https?:\/\/(www\.)?((?!.*list=)youtube\.com\/watch\?.*v=|youtu\.be\/)(?<id>[0-9A-Za-z_-]*)/', $input, $matches);
     return isset($matches['id']) ? $matches['id'] : FALSE;
   }