diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 03609e22ca..f57343ea80 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 			video_uploader = urllib.unquote(mobj.group(1))
 
 			# title
-			mobj = re.search(r'(?m)&title=([^&]+)(?:&|$)', video_info_webpage)
+			mobj = re.search(r'(?m)&title=([^&]*)(?:&|$)', video_info_webpage)
 			if mobj is None:
 				self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to extract video title')
 				return