diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
index 522e488..7475171 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@
             <div class="settings-item">
                 <p>Import YouTube cookie: <span class="settings-current">{{ config.downloads.cookie_import }}</span><br></p>
                 <i>Place your cookie file named <span class="settings-current">cookies.google.txt</span> in /cache/import before enabling.</i><br>
-                {{ app_form.downloads_cookie_import }}
+                {{ app_form.downloads_cookie_import }}<br>
+                {% if config.downloads.cookie_import %}
+                    <div id="cookieMessage">
+                        <button onclick="handleCookieValidate()" type="button" id="cookieButton">Validate Cookie File</button>
+                    </div>
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="settings-group">
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index 69caac7..e20d31c 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -699,6 +699,24 @@ function postSponsorSegmentVote(videoId, uuid, vote) {
     apiRequest(apiEndpoint, "POST", data);
 }
 
+function handleCookieValidate() {
+    document.getElementById("cookieButton").remove();
+    var cookieMessageElement = document.getElementById("cookieMessage");
+    cookieMessageElement.innerHTML = `<span>Processing.</span>`;
+    response = postCookieValidate();
+    if (response.cookie_validated == true) {
+        cookieMessageElement.innerHTML = `<span>The cookie file is valid.</span>`;
+    } else {
+        cookieMessageElement.innerHTML = `<span class="danger-zone">Warning, the cookie file is invalid.</span>`;
+    }
+}
+
+// Check youtube cookie settings
+function postCookieValidate() {
+    var apiEndpoint = "/api/cookie/";
+    return apiRequest(apiEndpoint, "POST");
+}
+
 // Makes api requests when passed an endpoint and method ("GET", "POST", "DELETE")
 function apiRequest(apiEndpoint, method, data) {
     const xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();