diff --git a/scdl/__init__.py b/scdl/__init__.py
index 3cf9273..6433cbe 100644
--- a/scdl/__init__.py
+++ b/scdl/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 """Python Soundcloud Music Downloader."""
 
-__version__ = "v2.3.4"
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = "v2.3.5"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scdl/scdl.py b/scdl/scdl.py
index 8f539e7..df7003d 100755
--- a/scdl/scdl.py
+++ b/scdl/scdl.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ def main():
         arguments["-l"] = client.get_me().permalink_url
     
     arguments["-l"] = validate_url(arguments["-l"])
+    arguments["-l"]
         
     # convert arguments dict to python_args (kwargs-friendly args)
     for key, value in arguments.items():
@@ -244,12 +245,13 @@ def validate_url(url: str):
     if url.startswith("soundcloud.com"):
         url = "https://" + url
     if url.startswith("https://soundcloud.com") or url.startswith("http://soundcloud.com"):
+        url = urllib.parse.urljoin(url, urllib.parse.urlparse(url).path)
         return url
     
     # see if link redirects to soundcloud.com
     resp = requests.get(url)
-    url = urllib.parse.urljoin(resp.url, urllib.parse.urlparse(resp.url).path)
     if url.startswith("https://soundcloud.com") or url.startswith("http://soundcloud.com"):
+        url = urllib.parse.urljoin(resp.url, urllib.parse.urlparse(resp.url).path)
         return url
     
     logger.error("URL is not valid")