diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
index ee7ba46..cd20c9b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/queue.py
@@ -123,6 +123,26 @@ class PendingInteract:
         response, status_code = ElasticWrap(path).get()
         return response["_source"], status_code
 
+    def get_channel(self):
+        """
+        get channel metadata from queue to not depend on channel to be indexed
+        """
+        data = {
+            "size": 1,
+            "query": {"term": {"channel_id": {"value": self.youtube_id}}},
+        }
+        response, _ = ElasticWrap("ta_download/_search").get(data=data)
+        hits = response["hits"]["hits"]
+        if not hits:
+            channel_name = "NA"
+        else:
+            channel_name = hits[0]["_source"].get("channel_name", "NA")
+
+        return {
+            "channel_id": self.youtube_id,
+            "channel_name": channel_name,
+        }
+
 
 class PendingList(PendingIndex):
     """manage the pending videos list"""
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index 4918aca..3e44373 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.views import View
+from home.src.download.queue import PendingInteract
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import CookieHandler
 from home.src.es.backup import ElasticBackup
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ from home.src.frontend.forms import (
     UserSettingsForm,
 )
 from home.src.frontend.searching import SearchHandler
-from home.src.index.channel import YoutubeChannel, channel_overwrites
+from home.src.index.channel import channel_overwrites
 from home.src.index.generic import Pagination
 from home.src.index.playlist import YoutubePlaylist
 from home.src.index.reindex import ReindexProgress
@@ -401,12 +402,11 @@ class DownloadView(ArchivistResultsView):
                 {"term": {"channel_id": {"value": channel_filter}}}
             )
 
-            channel = YoutubeChannel(channel_filter)
-            channel.get_from_es()
+            channel = PendingInteract(channel_filter).get_channel()
             self.context.update(
                 {
-                    "channel_filter_id": channel_filter,
-                    "channel_filter_name": channel.json_data["channel_name"],
+                    "channel_filter_id": channel.get("channel_id"),
+                    "channel_filter_name": channel.get("channel_name"),
                 }
             )