diff --git a/server/helpers/requests.ts b/server/helpers/requests.ts
index d920f62..461b40c 100644
--- a/server/helpers/requests.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/requests.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import * as request from 'request'
 function doRequest <T> (
   requestOptions: request.CoreOptions & request.UriOptions
 ): Bluebird<{ response: request.RequestResponse, body: T }> {
+  if (!(requestOptions.headers)) requestOptions.headers = {}
+  requestOptions.headers['User-Agent'] = 'PeerTube indexer'
+
   return new Bluebird<{ response: request.RequestResponse, body: T }>((res, rej) => {
     request(requestOptions, (err, response, body) => err ? rej(err) : res({ response, body }))
   })