diff --git a/bin/yt b/bin/yt
index e6b927e..158af2f 100755
--- a/bin/yt
+++ b/bin/yt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ fi
 echo -ne "\nDo you want an archive? [Y/n] "
 read archive
 archive=$(tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< "$archive")
+archive=${archive:-y}
 
 if [ "$archive" == "y" ]; then
 	archive_flag="--download-archive archive.txt --no-overwrites --add-metadata"