diff --git a/api/src/Api/OIDC.hs b/api/src/Api/OIDC.hs
index c9da523..6b11a72 100644
--- a/api/src/Api/OIDC.hs
+++ b/api/src/Api/OIDC.hs
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ urlHandler Spotify (Just r) = do
     clientId <- liftIO $ envAsString "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID" ""
     backRedirect <- liftIO $ envAsString "BACK_URL" ""
     throwError $ err302 { errHeaders =
-        [("Location", B8.pack $ "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&scope=user-library-read user-library-write&client_id=" ++ clientId ++ "&redirect_uri=" ++ backRedirect ++ "auth/redirect" ++ "&state=" ++ r)] } 
+        [("Location", B8.pack $ "https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&scope=user-library-read user-library-modify streaming playlist-modify-private playlist-read-collaborative playlist-read-private playlist-modify-public user-modify-playback-state user-read-private&client_id=" ++ clientId ++ "&redirect_uri=" ++ backRedirect ++ "auth/redirect" ++ "&state=" ++ r)] }
+
 urlHandler Github  (Just r) = do
     clientId <- liftIO $ envAsString "GITHUB_CLIENT_ID" ""
     backRedirect <- liftIO $ envAsString "BACK_URL" ""
diff --git a/worker/src/services/spotify.ts b/worker/src/services/spotify.ts
index 8be3082..c2d3820 100644
--- a/worker/src/services/spotify.ts
+++ b/worker/src/services/spotify.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ export class Spotify extends BaseService {
 	async playTrack(params: any): Promise<PipelineEnv> {
 		await this._refreshIfNeeded();
 		let track = await this._searchTrack(params['artist'], params['track']);
-		await this._spotify.play({uris: [track.uri]});
+		try {
+			await this._spotify.play({uris: [track.uri]});
+		} catch (e) {
+			throw new Error("Spotify premium is required.");
+		}
 		return {
 			URL: track.uri,
 			ARTIST: track.artists?.[0].name,