diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/before_all.cr b/src/invidious/routes/before_all.cr
index 2d5f1da3..d1ab2940 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/before_all.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/before_all.cr
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ module Invidious::Routes::BeforeAll
           current_companion = rand(CONFIG.invidious_companion.size)
         end
 
+        # Do not send a user without a cookie to a broken backend
+        c = 0
+        while (BackendInfo.get_status[current_companion] = 0) && c != CONFIG.invidious_companion.size
+          current_companion += 1
+          c +=1
+        end
+
         if current_companion > CONFIG.invidious_companion.size
           current_companion = current_companion % CONFIG.invidious_companion.size
           env.response.cookies[CONFIG.server_id_cookie_name] = Invidious::User::Cookies.server_id(env.request.headers["Host"], current_companion)