diff --git a/tubeup/TubeUp.py b/tubeup/TubeUp.py
index 7dd6801..3bcc9c6 100644
--- a/tubeup/TubeUp.py
+++ b/tubeup/TubeUp.py
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ def generate_ydl_options(self,
             'continuedl': True,
             'retries': 9001,
             'fragment_retries': 9001,
+            'usenetrc': True, #use netrc to authenticate. this option requires the existence of
+                              # a ${HOME}/.netrc file for it to work, otherwise it will be ignored
             'forcejson': False,
             'writeinfojson': True,
             'writedescription': True,